Yeah, I know it's supposed to be easy on a Mac so imagine my frustration... I know I'm the cause of the problem, I just don't know what I screwed up since I'm so new at this...
*ruby -v* ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i686-darwin9.8.0] *which ruby* /usr/local/bin/ruby *gem -v * /usr/local/bin/gem:8:in `require': no such file to load -- rubygems (LoadError) from /usr/local/bin/gem:8 *which gem* /usr/local/bin/gem thanks so much for the assist.... On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Conrad Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Jason Bray <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Before I uninstall/reinstall rails on my Mac, I figure I'll show the error >> message I get when I try and create a new rails app in Terminal... maybe >> it's an easy fix? >> >> when I type "rails new" for example, I get this message: >> /usr/local/bin/rails:9:in `require': no such file to load -- rubygems >> (LoadError) >> from /usr/local/bin/rails:9 >> >> any ideas on what might be wrong? Thanks... >> >> >> > Jason, if your platform is a Mac, then you should have been up and > operational within > 10 minutes. Thus, could you provide the following information: > > ruby -v > which ruby > gem -v > which gem > > -Conrad > > >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 10:36 AM, bill walton <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 2009-12-05 at 14:08 -0800, jaybray wrote: >>> >>> > Is there a way I can dump my current install of ROR and just roll my >>> > own all over again? >>> >>> Rails is just a Ruby gem (a set of them, really). So assuming your >>> problem is really with Rails and not your Ruby installation, at the >>> command line... >>> >>> 1) gem list >>> >>> Make a copy of everything you've got installed. You can safely get rid >>> of most of them to get you back to just Ruby. Do not get rid of >>> 'rubygems-update' or 'sources'. These will be needed to rebuild your >>> installation. >>> >>> 2) gem uninstall <each gem> >>> >>> When you're done, make sure you've got a working, albeit basic, Ruby >>> installation. Easiest way, IMO, to do that is irb. >>> >>> 3) gem install <each gem you need to reinstall> -v<the specific version >>> you want to install> >>> >>> HTH, >>> Bill >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.

