ruby script/server problem

Hello guys,
I’ve just started and it seems I’m already off the road. I’m on chapter 1 and am suppose to run: ruby script/server from within the newsletter directory. When I do this, I receive the following error:

Rails requires RubyGems >= 0.9.4. Please install RubyGems and try again: http://rubygems.rubyforge.org

The only thing is, I have RubyGems 1.0.1 running, which is what it says when I run ruby -v. I’m not sure why it thinks I’m running a version of RubyGems that is less than 0.9.4.

I’m on Mac: 10.4.11, running RoR: 2.0.2, Ruby: 1.8.2

Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for the help!

~Dustin

Dustin,

RubyGems 1.0.1 requires Ruby > 1.8.2. This is probably why it isn’t working correctly. Ruby 1.8.6 is the current recommended version for Rails.

Derek

Ah, I see. I actually thought I had 1.8.6 till I made that post last night. I’ll set out to update my ruby version. Thanks for the help!

~Dustin

It seems I am having a problem with installing the most recent version of Ruby. I followed all instructions from this article: http://hivelogic.com/articles/ruby-rails-mongrel-mysql-osx/

This is the article the Ruby website recommends. It details how to install the newest version of Ruby. However, when I do everything and check my version afterwards, it states that my version is still 1.8.2. This is the second time I have installed the most recent version.

Could this be a path problem? My path is: /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:usr/local/bin:/usr/local/bin

I noticed that there is two usr/local/bin, should I remove the (supposed) duplicate?

Sorry for being so newbish. I really wish to start learning Ruby and Rails, though I seem to always come across walls that take forever to cross. I hope we can resolve this! Thank you for your help and time!

~Dustin Tigner

After my last post, I really thought it had to do something with the path on my computer. To this end, I re-read the ruby installation part again. It states that you must set the path, which is what I did. However, it states that I should edit or create a .bash_login and add:

export PATH=”/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH”

to it. I did this, though it doesn’t seem to do anything. I did notice a .bash_profile file (since there was no a .bash_login file originally). I added the above path code to it and now my path reads:

/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:usr/local/bin:/usr/local/bin

After making this change I am able to see the newest version of Ruby. As far as I know, everything works now. If you see something wrong with the solution, or have advice for anything else I should do (such as cleaning up my path). Please let me know. Thanks!

~Dustin Tigner