# Autotest, rspec with rails 3
**URL:** https://rubytalk.org/t/autotest-rspec-with-rails-3/60481
**Category:** ruby-talk
**Created:** [17 October 2010 05:39 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/autotest-rspec-with-rails-3/60481 "2010-10-17T05:39:43Z")
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### Author:  [@Rajinder\_Yadav](https://rubytalk.org/u/Rajinder_Yadav)
#### Post date: [17 October 2010 05:39 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/autotest-rspec-with-rails-3/60481/1 "2010-10-17T05:39:43Z")
Hello I am on Kubuntu and autotest doesn’t seem to run the rspec tests
after a file change has been saved?
Also has anyone got a GUI notifier setup working on KDE, I would like
this get that working too!
The rspec test is run once only.
I’ve added the following to Gemfile
gem “autotest”
group :development, :test do
gem “rspec-rails”, "\>= 2.0.1"
end
group :test do
gem 'rspec’
gem 'webrat’
end
Gems on my system are:
\*\*\* LOCAL GEMS \*\*\*
abstract (1.0.0)
actionmailer (3.0.1, 3.0.0)
actionpack (3.0.1, 3.0.0)
activemodel (3.0.1, 3.0.0)
activerecord (3.0.1, 3.0.0)
activeresource (3.0.1, 3.0.0)
activesupport (3.0.1, 3.0.0)
arel (2.0.1, 1.0.1)
authlogic (2.1.6)
autotest (4.4.1)
autotest-rails-pure (4.1.0)
babosa (0.2.0)
bcrypt-ruby (2.1.2)
builder (2.1.2)
bundler (1.0.3, 1.0.2, 1.0.0)
calendar\_date\_select (1.16.1)
devise (1.1.3, 1.1.2)
diff-lcs (1.1.2)
erubis (2.6.6)
fastri (0.3.1.1)
forgery (0.3.4)
friendly\_id (3.1.7)
grackle (0.1.10)
gruff (0.3.6)
i18n (0.4.1)
json (1.4.6)
mail (2.2.7, 2.2.6.1)
mechanize (1.0.0)
mime-types (1.16)
minitest (1.7.2, 1.6.0)
nifty-generators (0.4.2, 0.4.1)
nokogiri (1.4.3.1)
oauth (0.4.3)
patron (0.4.9)
polyglot (0.3.1)
rack (1.2.1)
rack-mount (0.6.13)
rack-test (0.5.6, 0.5.4)
rails (3.0.1, 3.0.0)
railties (3.0.1, 3.0.0)
rake (0.8.7)
rdoc (2.5.11, 2.5.8)
RedCloth (4.2.3)
rmagick (2.13.1)
rspec (2.0.0, 2.0.0.rc)
rspec-core (2.0.0, 2.0.0.rc)
rspec-expectations (2.0.0, 2.0.0.rc)
rspec-mocks (2.0.0, 2.0.0.rc)
rspec-rails (2.0.1, 2.0.0, 2.0.0.rc)
sqlite3-ruby (1.3.1)
thor (0.14.3, 0.14.1)
tiny\_mce (0.1.4)
tkri (0.9.5)
treetop (1.4.8)
tzinfo (0.3.23)
w3c\_validators (1.0.2)
warden (1.0.1, 0.10.7)
webrat (0.7.1)
will\_paginate (3.0.pre2, 2.3.15)
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### Author:  [@Brian\_Candler](https://rubytalk.org/u/Brian_Candler)
#### Post date: [17 October 2010 08:33 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/autotest-rspec-with-rails-3/60481/2 "2010-10-17T08:33:07Z")
This is the mailing list for Ruby, the programming language.
Problems with Rails, the web framework, are best asked in a Rails forum.
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### Author:  [@Dev\_Guy](https://rubytalk.org/u/Dev_Guy)
#### Post date: [17 October 2010 09:23 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/autotest-rspec-with-rails-3/60481/3 "2010-10-17T09:23:05Z")
Don't people use rspec in ruby for testing?
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### Author:  [@Dev\_Guy](https://rubytalk.org/u/Dev_Guy)
#### Post date: [17 October 2010 09:31 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/autotest-rspec-with-rails-3/60481/4 "2010-10-17T09:31:12Z")
I guess my question was more about autotest, not rails testing, it seems autotest doesn't auto run the test and i was wondering if others using kubunut had any success
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