From: Timothy Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2006-05-24T06:44:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie question: flickr gem installation

Ingo Weiss wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I installed the 'flickr' gem using 'gem install flickr'. Everything 
>seemed to work fine, and the gem shows up in the rDoc as installed.
>
>However, if I run the following script
>
>
>#! /usr/local/bin/ruby -w
>
>require 'flickr'
>flickr = Flickr.new
>
>
>I get the following error:
>
>./flickr.rb:15: uninitialized constant Flickr (NameError)
>
>if I run 'type flickr' in the terminal I get:
>
>-bash: type: flickr: not found
>
>
>Where are gems typically installed?
>
>BTW I tried to run "require 'flickr'" in an IRB session but got an 
>error. How can I require files in an IRB session?
>
>Thanks for any help!
>Ingo Weiss
>
>  
>
You probably need to add the line

require 'rubygems'

to your script preceding the "require 'flikr' statement.

http://docs.rubygems.org/