From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2010-08-19T21:46:49+09:00
Subject: Re: How to set library path for FileUtils

2010/8/19 Mark Macdonald <mark.t.macdonald@googlemail.com>:
> What is the correct way to set library paths to remove this error when
> using FileUtils?

Normally there should be no change necessary since it's part of the std lib.

> 'require': no such file to load -- FileUtils (LoadError)
>
> -----------------------------
>
> Here is the environment listing:
>
> ruby1.9.1 -e "puts $:"
> /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/kramdown-0.10.0/bin
> /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/kramdown-0.10.0/lib
> /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.9.1
> /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.9.1/i486-linux
> /usr/local/lib/site_ruby
> /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.9.1
> /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.9.1/i486-linux
> /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/i486-linux
> .
>
> -----------------------------
>
> fileutils.rb is installed - if I replace << require 'FileUtils' >> with
> << require '/usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb' >> my program runs.

??? That should not happen.  Since /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1 is in $: it
must be found.  How exactly do you require?

> -----------------------------
>
> I'm running Linux Mint 9 Isadora and I installed Ruby and Rubygems with
> apt-get.

Kind regards

robert

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