From: Aaron Patterson Date: 2009-10-31T04:10:48+09:00 Subject: Re: I can not load rubygems onto ruby using linux On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 08:09:02AM +0900, Melvin Clarkson wrote: > Aaron Patterson wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 06:49:08AM +0900, Melvin Clarkson wrote: > >> Any help anyone? it must be something be very simple. > > What version of rubygems are you trying to install? > > > >> [user@localhost rubygems]$ ruby setup.rb > >> ./rubygems.rb:8:in `require': no such file to load -- rubygems/defaults > >> (LoadError) > >> from ./rubygems.rb:8 > >> from setup.rb:24:in `require' > >> from setup.rb:24 > > > > How did you unpack this tarball? Can you do a "pwd" and an "ls -al" in > > the directory where you're running setup.rb? > > Hi, > > I have lists the output below, thanks > > I downloaded rubygems-1.3.5.tgz Looks like you unzipped rubygems incorrectly. After you unzip rubygems, it should look something like this: http://skitch.com/aaron.patterson/nfc3p/terminal-bash-80x24 Try unzipping rubygems like this: $ tar zxvf rubygems-1.3.5.tgz -- Aaron Patterson http://tenderlovemaking.com/