# Problem with gem or ruby 1.8.5 or fxruby or maybe 64bit? **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [3 September 2006 06:13 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/problem-with-gem-or-ruby-1-8-5-or-fxruby-or-maybe-64bit/30604 "2006-09-03T06:13:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Marinho\_Tobolla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Marinho\_Tobolla](https://rubytalk.org/u/Marinho_Tobolla)\ **Post date:** [3 September 2006 06:13 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/problem-with-gem-or-ruby-1-8-5-or-fxruby-or-maybe-64bit/30604/1 "2006-09-03T06:13:55Z")
Hi there. Well i have a little problem. I just recently installed ruby 1.8.5 and rubygems 0.9 and Fox 1.6.4 and fxruby 1.6. For fxruby i installed the gem and that seems to work. As you can see gemm list -local shows fxruby. But for some reason it wouldn´t be found. if i use irb neither require 'fox16' nor require 'rubygems' require\_gem 'fxruby' work. Can somebody help me ? Some more information ´bout my system. I use linux slackware 10.2 and Suse 10.0 64 bit. It doesn´t work on both systems. Thanks Marinho # gem list --local \*\*\* LOCAL GEMS \*\*\* fxruby (1.6.0)     FXRuby is the Ruby binding to the FOX GUI toolkit. sources (0.0.1)     This package provides download sources for remote gem installation root@wintermute:~# irb irb(main):001:0\> require 'fox16' LoadError: no such file to load -- fox16         from (irb):1:in `require'         from (irb):1 irb(main):002:0\> require 'rubygems' =\> true irb(main):003:0\> require\_gem 'fxruby' LoadError: no such file to load -- fox16         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in `gem\_original\_require'         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in `require'         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:229:in `activate'         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:228:in `each'         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:228:in `activate'         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:66:in `active\_gem\_with\_options'         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:59:in `require\_gem'         from (irb):3 irb(main):004:0\> ---
**Author:** ![Joel\_VanderWerf1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/94ad74/32.png) [@Joel\_VanderWerf1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Joel_VanderWerf1)\ **Post date:** [4 September 2006 02:16 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/problem-with-gem-or-ruby-1-8-5-or-fxruby-or-maybe-64bit/30604/2 "2006-09-04T02:16:07Z")
Marinho Tobolla wrote: > Hi there. > Well i have a little problem. I just recently installed ruby 1.8.5 and rubygems 0.9 and Fox 1.6.4 and fxruby 1.6. > For fxruby i installed the gem and that seems to work. As you can see gemm list -local shows fxruby. But for some reason it wouldn´t be found. if i use irb neither require 'fox16' nor require 'rubygems' require\_gem 'fxruby' work. Can somebody help me ? Your gem list shows that you don't have any other gems installed. Have you tried installing and using other gems? > **···** > > -- >        vjoel : Joel VanderWerf : path berkeley edu : 510 665 3407 ---
**Author:** ![Marinho\_Tobolla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Marinho\_Tobolla](https://rubytalk.org/u/Marinho_Tobolla)\ **Post date:** [4 September 2006 17:42 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/problem-with-gem-or-ruby-1-8-5-or-fxruby-or-maybe-64bit/30604/3 "2006-09-04T17:42:50Z")
Well pdf-writer gem seems to work. Maybe its a 64 bit problem. Fox works, i tried the calculator. And fxruby did work AFTER installing it from the sources AND after isntalling Ruby 1.8.4. Still it´s not a good solution for me, i would prefer to install it from gem. Joel VanderWerf schrieb: > **···** > > > Marinho Tobolla wrote: > > > > > Hi there. > > > Well i have a little problem. I just recently installed ruby 1.8.5 and rubygems 0.9 and Fox 1.6.4 and fxruby 1.6. > > > For fxruby i installed the gem and that seems to work. As you can see gemm list -local shows fxruby. But for some reason it wouldn´t be found. if i use irb neither require 'fox16' nor require 'rubygems' require\_gem 'fxruby' work. Can somebody help me ? > > > > Your gem list shows that you don't have any other gems installed. Have you tried installing and using other gems? ---
**Author:** ![Austin\_Ziegler5](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/rubytalk.org/austin_ziegler5/32/1985_2.png) [@Austin\_Ziegler5](https://rubytalk.org/u/Austin_Ziegler5)\ **Post date:** [6 September 2006 17:18 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/problem-with-gem-or-ruby-1-8-5-or-fxruby-or-maybe-64bit/30604/4 "2006-09-06T17:18:14Z")
I don't know if there is a binary gem distributed for FXRuby, but if it is, it's almost certainly only built for 32-bit Ruby. -austin > **···** > > On 9/4/06, Marinho Tobolla \ wrote: > > > Well pdf-writer gem seems to work. Maybe its a 64 bit problem. Fox > > works, i tried the calculator. And fxruby did work AFTER installing it > > from the sources AND after isntalling Ruby 1.8.4. Still it´s not a good > > solution for me, i would prefer to install it from gem. > > -- > Austin Ziegler \* halostatue@gmail.com \* [http://www.halostatue.ca/](http://www.halostatue.ca/) >                \* austin@halostatue.ca \* [You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. // halo • statue](http://www.halostatue.ca/feed/) >                \* austin@zieglers.ca