From: Prasanna Perera Date: 2009-10-10T07:33:40+09:00 Subject: Basic RSpec Error, 'no such file to load'. Help Hello, I am new to working with RSpec I get a 'no such file to load' error when I run 'rake spec'. The stack trace is below. At the root of my rails app I did: 1) ruby script/plugin install http://rspec.rubyforge.org/svn/tags/REL_1_1_3/rspec 2) ruby script/plugin install http://rspec.rubyforge.org/svn/tags/REL_1_1_3/rspec_on_rails 3) ruby script/generate rspec 4) created category_spec.rb in spec/models with require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper' Please provide any help. I am following Foundation Rails 2 by Alameda. thanks, Prasanna C:\Users\prasanna\Documents\Rails\Books\Rails2\Minimal_Final_Code\Chapter_09\plu gins>rake spec (in C:/Users/prasanna/Documents/Rails/Books/Rails2/Minimal_Final_Code/Chapter_09 /plugins) You must 'gem install win32console' to use colour on Windows C:/_Develop/Ruby/1.8.6/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in ` gem_original_require': no such file to load -- application (MissingSourceFile) from C:/_Develop/Ruby/1.8.6/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_requi re.rb:31:in `require' from C:/Users/prasanna/Documents/Rails/Books/Rails2/Minimal_Final_Code/C hapter_09/plugins/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb: 158:in `require' from C:/Users/prasanna/Documents/Rails/Books/Rails2/Minimal_Final_Code/C hapter_09/plugins/vendor/plugins/rspec_on_rails/lib/spec/rails.rb:3 from C:/_Develop/Ruby/1.8.6/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_requi re.rb:31:in `gem_original_require' from C:/_Develop/Ruby/1.8.6/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_requi re.rb:31:in `require' from C:/Users/prasanna/Documents/Rails/Books/Rails2/Minimal_Final_Code/C hapter_09/plugins/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb: 158:in `require' from ./spec/model/../spec_helper.rb:6 from C:/_Develop/Ruby/1.8.6/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_requi re.rb:31:in `gem_original_require' from C:/_Develop/Ruby/1.8.6/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_requi re.rb:31:in `require' from ./spec/model/category_spec.rb:1 from C:/Users/prasanna/Documents/Rails/Books/Rails2/Minimal_Final_Code/C hapter_09/plugins/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/runner/example_group_runner.rb:1 4:in `load' from C:/Users/prasanna/Documents/Rails/Books/Rails2/Minimal_Final_Code/C hapter_09/plugins/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/runner/example_group_runner.rb:1 4:in `load_files' from C:/Users/prasanna/Documents/Rails/Books/Rails2/Minimal_Final_Code/C hapter_09/plugins/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/runner/example_group_runner.rb:1 3:in `each' from C:/Users/prasanna/Documents/Rails/Books/Rails2/Minimal_Final_Code/C hapter_09/plugins/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/runner/example_group_runner.rb:1 3:in `load_files' from C:/Users/prasanna/Documents/Rails/Books/Rails2/Minimal_Final_Code/C hapter_09/plugins/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/runner/options.rb:85:in `run_exa mples' -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.