From: Michael Glaesemann <grzm@...>
Date: 2006-11-15T00:25:44+09:00
Subject: Re: gem query finds gem, yet require fails


On Nov 12, 2006, at 23:28 , Michael Glaesemann wrote:


> The bindings appeared to install correctly. Using gem query, I can  
> see:
>
>
> *** LOCAL GEMS ***
>
> postgres (0.7.1)
>     The extension library to access a PostgreSQL database from Ruby.
>
> sources (0.0.1)
>     This package provides download sources for remote gem installation
>
> However, when testing with irb to see if the postgres gem can be  
> found, I get:
>
> $ which ruby
> /usr/local/bin/ruby
> $ which irb
> /usr/local/bin/irb
> $ irb
> irb(main):001:0> require 'rubygems'
> => true
> irb(main):002:0> require 'postgres'
> LoadError: no such file to load -- postgres
>         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 (irb):2
>
> I'm stumped. On my primary machine, the above two commands work  
> just fine in irb.

Any ideas at all on this? I'm really stuck. Or perhaps how to make  
sure I've completely uninstalled Ruby and rubygems so I can maybe try  
installing again?

As an aside, how could I make this message more likely to get a  
response? I seem to have lost my knack.

Thanks for any suggestions on either issue :)

Michael Glaesemann
grzm seespotcode net