From: Marnen Laibow-Koser Date: 2009-11-30T10:37:19+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby Error Question Matt B. wrote: > I am new to Ruby. I have been using in on Mac OSX and every time I > run a ruby application I get the same long error. Here is the error > when I run "rake --version". Does anyone know what may be causing > this? > > Matt B > > rake --version > WARNING: compile error > /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/specifications/english-0.3.0.gemspec:23: syntax > error, unexpected '=', expecting ')' > s.add_dependency(%q=2.0.0 > ^ [...] Looks like that gemspec file has some rather awful syntax errors in it! Try removing the english-0.3.0 gem, then reinstalling it. Best, --  Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org marnen@marnen.org -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.