# RubyGems mysteriously broken (paths issue?) **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [1 September 2007 02:55 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/rubygems-mysteriously-broken-paths-issue/40308 "2007-09-01T02:55:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eeby](https://rubytalk.org/u/Eeby)\ **Post date:** [1 September 2007 02:55 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/rubygems-mysteriously-broken-paths-issue/40308/1 "2007-09-01T02:55:05Z")
Just installed RubyGems 0.9.0 on Ubuntu 7.04. I ran gem install rails and it said that it worked successfully. But tried to run "rails mynewapp" and got "bash: rails: command not found". Ran... # gem list -l rails \*\*\* LOCAL GEMS \*\*\* rails (1.2.3)     Web-application framework with template engine, control-flow layer,     and ORM. So the rails gem was installed. I tried... # gem contents rails Unable to find gem 'rails' in default gem paths So gem list rails works, but gem contents rails doesn't work. So I checked what gem thinks its environment is... # gem environment Rubygems Environment:   - VERSION: 0.9.0 (0.9.0)   - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /var/lib/gems/1.8   - GEM PATH:      - /var/lib/gems/1.8   - REMOTE SOURCES:      - [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org) /var/lib/gems/1.8 actually does contain "bin/" "cache/" "doc/" "gems/" "source\_cache" "specifications/". Within that, the gems/ dir does indeed contain dirs for all the gems I've just installed such as rails, actionmailer, mongrel, and several others. Any help to fix this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Hemant\_Kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/46a35a/32.png) [@Hemant\_Kumar](https://rubytalk.org/u/Hemant_Kumar)\ **Post date:** [1 September 2007 03:58 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/rubygems-mysteriously-broken-paths-issue/40308/2 "2007-09-01T03:58:30Z")
Please remove the rubygems package that you installed using apt-get, its broken. Download the tgz file of rubygems from rubyforge.org and install rubygems using that. Everything will be fine after that. > **···** > > On 9/1/07, Eeby \ wrote: > > > Just installed RubyGems 0.9.0 on Ubuntu 7.04. I ran gem install rails > > and it said that it worked successfully. > > > > But tried to run "rails mynewapp" and got "bash: rails: command not > > found". > > > > Ran... > > > > # gem list -l rails > > > > \*\*\* LOCAL GEMS \*\*\* > > > > rails (1.2.3) > >     Web-application framework with template engine, control-flow > > layer, > >     and ORM. > > > > So the rails gem was installed. I tried... > > > > # gem contents rails > > Unable to find gem 'rails' in default gem paths > > > > So gem list rails works, but gem contents rails doesn't work. > > > > So I checked what gem thinks its environment is... > > > > # gem environment > > Rubygems Environment: > >   - VERSION: 0.9.0 (0.9.0) > >   - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /var/lib/gems/1.8 > >   - GEM PATH: > >      - /var/lib/gems/1.8 > >   - REMOTE SOURCES: > >      - [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org) > > > > /var/lib/gems/1.8 actually does contain "bin/" "cache/" "doc/" "gems/" > > "source\_cache" "specifications/". Within that, the gems/ dir does > > indeed contain dirs for all the gems I've just installed such as > > rails, actionmailer, mongrel, and several others. > > > > Any help to fix this would be greatly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Hodel1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9adbd/32.png) [@Eric\_Hodel1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Eric_Hodel1)\ **Post date:** [9 September 2007 18:13 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/rubygems-mysteriously-broken-paths-issue/40308/3 "2007-09-09T18:13:18Z")
RubyGems 0.9.0 has a security exploit. 0.9.4 is the latest. > **···** > > On Aug 31, 2007, at 19:55, Eeby wrote: > > > Just installed RubyGems 0.9.0 on Ubuntu 7.04. I ran gem install rails > > and it said that it worked successfully. > > -- > Poor workers blame their tools. Good workers build better tools. The > best workers get their tools to do the work for them. -- Syndicate Wars ---
**Author:** ![Eeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eeby](https://rubytalk.org/u/Eeby)\ **Post date:** [1 September 2007 04:45 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/rubygems-mysteriously-broken-paths-issue/40308/4 "2007-09-01T04:45:11Z")
> Please remove the rubygems package that you installed using apt-get, > its broken. Download the tgz file of rubygems from rubyforge.org and > install rubygems using that. Everything will be fine after that. Yes, that corrected the problem. Thanks.