From: Tom Cloyd <tomcloyd@...>
Date: 2008-07-18T19:14:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Rubygems - uninitialized constant

Tom Cloyd wrote:
> With a fresh install of Rubygems, when I issue a "gem -h" command, the 
> result is:
> 
> /usr/bin/gem:23: uninitialized constant Gem::GemRunner (NameError)
> 
> Background:
> 
> With a fresh installation of Kubuntu 8.04.1 Linux, I installed ruby 1.8 
> with "apt-get...", and then installed rubygems 1.8 from the tar file at 
> rubyforge. There were problems, so I figured the rubygems install done 
> that way was a bad idea. Basically, I was getting an odd message when 
> trying to install the webby gem. Three other gems did install without 
> error, including sequel.
> 
> So, I reinstalled ruby 1.8, and rubygems from the Adept package manager, 
>  at which point I got the unexpected problem above.
> 
> I don't know what's wrong or how to get a good install of rubygems, at 
> this point. All suggests greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tom
> 
> 

Thanks to a kind soul on the Webby list (there's NEVER anyone there this 
time of night - but Doug Livesey was, tonight - tks Doug!) I now have 
the fix on this -

http://ericbeland.com/2007/12/20/uninitialized-constant-gem-gemrunner

/usr/bin/gem simply needs the following line inserted into it.

require 'rubygems/gem_runner'

Now things work.

I hope this gets fix by someone, if such a response is needed. 
Apparently its happened to other people.

t.

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