Can't require rubygems on osx

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Hey there!

Pretty weird, actually, but I can't require rubygems on osx. I *know*
it's installed, been using it for ages to install gems. But no way I can
"require 'rubygems'", not in irb, not in a sourcefile:

[~]% ruby -e "require 'rubygems'"
-e:1:in `require': no such file to load -- rubygems (LoadError)
  from -e:1
[~]%

Is this usual? If I recall correctly, gems was installed from source,
maybe I missed some rough corner, or something.

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On Mac OSX 10.5 is ruby,irb,gem preinstalled in /usr/bin/ . I am not sure
on OSX < 10.5.
Maybe you can try if that works: /usr/bin/ruby -e 'require "rubygems"'

Maybe you have installed more than one ruby and irb on your computer.
If you run a zsh then you can ask with `where ruby`, where in the system
ruby is found.

If you installed ruby and irb from macports, then it will not find
rubygems, because you need the package rb-rubygems installed, too.

hth. regards, Sandor Szücs

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On 05.03.2009, at 21:50, Chris Hoeppner wrote:

Pretty weird, actually, but I can't require rubygems on osx. I *know*
it's installed, been using it for ages to install gems. But no way I can
"require 'rubygems'", not in irb, not in a sourcefile:

[~]% ruby -e "require 'rubygems'"
-e:1:in `require': no such file to load -- rubygems (LoadError)
from -e:1
[~]%

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Sandor Szücs wrote:

On Mac OSX 10.5 is ruby,irb,gem preinstalled in /usr/bin/ . I am not
sure
on OSX < 10.5.
Maybe you can try if that works: /usr/bin/ruby -e 'require "rubygems"'

Maybe you have installed more than one ruby and irb on your computer.
If you run a zsh then you can ask with `where ruby`, where in the system
ruby is found.

If you installed ruby and irb from macports, then it will not find
rubygems, because you need the package rb-rubygems installed, too.

hth. regards, Sandor
Sz�cs

You got me on the right track. When installing rubygems from source, I
ran "rake install", instead of "/my/ruby setup.rb".

Most of the times, the most weird problems, arise when one makes a
simple but crucial mistake.

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