Rails - Mar 2005 - Rails won't install on a fresh Windows XP system using One-Click Installer

I just created a ticket to report this, but I also wanted to post it here.

Curt


Ticket #909
Rails won''t install on a fresh Windows XP system using One-Click
Installer
Priority: 	normal 	Reporter: 	curt-fk6st7iWb8MAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Severity: 	blocker 	Assigned to: 	David
Component: 	ActiveRecord 	Status: 	new
Version: 	0.11.0 	Resolution:
Milestone: 	  	Keywords:
Description by curt-fk6st7iWb8MAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org:

A user of the ONLamp.com tutorial reported an error installing Rails on
Windows XP. I was able to reproduce this error on a clean Windows XP
installation by firs installing Ruby using the One-Click Installer 182-14,
and then running the command:

    gem install rails

This fails (I posted the console log below). The workaround is to explicitly
install 0.10.1 using:

    gem install rails -v 0.10.1

This still works just fine.

Here is the console log for the failure:

C:\Documents and Settings\hibbs_c>"c:\ruby\bin\ruby.exe"
"c:\ruby\bin\gem"
insta
ll rails
Attempting local installation of ''rails''
Local gem file not found: rails*.gem
Attempting remote installation of ''rails''
Updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org
Install required dependency rake? [Yn]
Install required dependency activesupport? [Yn]
Install required dependency activerecord? [Yn]
Install required dependency actionpack? [Yn]
Install required dependency actionmailer? [Yn]
Install required dependency actionwebservice? [Yn]
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/loadpath_manager.rb:5:in
`require__'': No
 such file to load -- iconv (LoadError)
        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/loadpath_manager.rb:5:in `r
equire''
        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.0.2/lib/active_suppo
rt/dependencies.rb:197:in `require''
        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-0.8.0/lib/action_mailer
/vendor/tmail/quoting.rb:1
        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/loadpath_manager.rb:5:in `r
equire__''
        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/loadpath_manager.rb:5:in `r
equire''
        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.0.2/lib/active_suppo
rt/dependencies.rb:197:in `require''
        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-0.8.0/lib/action_mailer
/vendor/tmail/mail.rb:18
        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/loadpath_manager.rb:5:in `r
equire__''
         ... 20 levels...
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/cmd_manager.rb:90:in
`proce
ss_args''
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/cmd_manager.rb:63:in
`run''
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_runner.rb:9:in
`run''
        from c:/ruby/bin/gem:11

C:\Documents and Settings\hibbs_c>

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:10:35 -0600, Curt Hibbs
<curt-fk6st7iWb8MAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> I just created a ticket to report this, but I also wanted to post it here.
> 
> Curt
> 
> A user of the ONLamp.com tutorial reported an error installing Rails on
> Windows XP. I was able to reproduce this error on a clean Windows XP
> installation by firs installing Ruby using the One-Click Installer 182-14,
> and then running the command:
This has been posted about a lot today.  Some have said you need the
iconv.dll in your \windows\system32 or \ruby\bin directories.  I made
sure my rubygems upgraded to 0.8.8 and rails upgraded without a hitch.
 I can''t say if I had the iconv.dll or not, I''m running off a
stock
install from that same one-click installer.


-- 
rick
http://techno-weenie.net

I had the same issue. You probably only need to install the latest
rubygems to resolve it.


On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:14:44 -0600, Rick Olson
<technoweenie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:10:35 -0600, Curt Hibbs
<curt-fk6st7iWb8MAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > I just created a ticket to report this, but I also wanted to post it
here.
> >
> > Curt
> >
> > A user of the ONLamp.com tutorial reported an error installing Rails
on
> > Windows XP. I was able to reproduce this error on a clean Windows XP
> > installation by firs installing Ruby using the One-Click Installer
182-14,
> > and then running the command:
> 
> This has been posted about a lot today.  Some have said you need the
> iconv.dll in your \windows\system32 or \ruby\bin directories.  I made
> sure my rubygems upgraded to 0.8.8 and rails upgraded without a hitch.
>  I can''t say if I had the iconv.dll or not, I''m running
off a stock
> install from that same one-click installer.
> 
> --
> rick
> http://techno-weenie.net
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
> Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org
> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
>

David Adams wrote:
>
> I had the same issue. You probably only need to install the latest
> rubygems to resolve it.
That would be good if that takes care of it, since I''m currently
putting
together the next release of the one-click installer that will iclude an
updated RubyGems.

I''ll do a manual test to see if this works.

Thanks,
Curt


> On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:14:44 -0600, Rick Olson
> <technoweenie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:10:35 -0600, Curt Hibbs
<curt-fk6st7iWb8MAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > I just created a ticket to report this, but I also wanted to
> post it here.
> > >
> > > Curt
> > >
> > > A user of the ONLamp.com tutorial reported an error
> installing Rails on
> > > Windows XP. I was able to reproduce this error on a clean Windows
XP
> > > installation by firs installing Ruby using the One-Click
> Installer 182-14,
> > > and then running the command:
> >
> > This has been posted about a lot today.  Some have said you need the
> > iconv.dll in your \windows\system32 or \ruby\bin directories.  I made
> > sure my rubygems upgraded to 0.8.8 and rails upgraded without a hitch.
> >  I can''t say if I had the iconv.dll or not, I''m
running off a stock
> > install from that same one-click installer.
> >
> > --
> > rick
> > http://techno-weenie.net
> > _______________________________________________
> > Rails mailing list
> > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org
> > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
> >
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
> Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org
> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
>
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Curt Hibbs wrote:
>
> David Adams wrote:
> >
> > I had the same issue. You probably only need to install the latest
> > rubygems to resolve it.
>
> That would be good if that takes care of it, since I''m currently
putting
> together the next release of the one-click installer that will iclude an
> updated RubyGems.
>
> I''ll do a manual test to see if this works.
Yes, updating RubyGems after installing ruby via the one-click installer
did, indeed, fix the problem.

Curt


> > On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:14:44 -0600, Rick Olson
> > <technoweenie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:10:35 -0600, Curt Hibbs
<curt-fk6st7iWb8MAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > > I just created a ticket to report this, but I also wanted to
> > post it here.
> > > >
> > > > Curt
> > > >
> > > > A user of the ONLamp.com tutorial reported an error
> > installing Rails on
> > > > Windows XP. I was able to reproduce this error on a clean
Windows XP
> > > > installation by firs installing Ruby using the One-Click
> > Installer 182-14,
> > > > and then running the command:
> > >
> > > This has been posted about a lot today.  Some have said you need
the
> > > iconv.dll in your \windows\system32 or \ruby\bin directories.  I
made
> > > sure my rubygems upgraded to 0.8.8 and rails upgraded without a
hitch.
> > >  I can''t say if I had the iconv.dll or not, I''m
running off a stock
> > > install from that same one-click installer.
> > >
> > > --
> > > rick
> > > http://techno-weenie.net
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Rails mailing list
> > > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org
> > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
> > >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Rails mailing list
> > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org
> > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
> >
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On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:33:37 -0600, Curt Hibbs
<curt-fk6st7iWb8MAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> That would be good if that takes care of it, since I''m currently
putting
> together the next release of the one-click installer that will iclude an
> updated RubyGems.
Do you plan on including Rails and SQLite in your new one-click installer?

Rick Olson wrote:
>iconv.dll in your \windows\system32 or \ruby\bin directories.  I made
>sure my rubygems upgraded to 0.8.8 and rails upgraded without a hitch.
>  
>
That didn''t do it for me; I still had to manually copy iconv.dll and 
iconv.so  . As far as I can tell, these files are not included in the 
rubygems 0.8.8 distribution.

There is a wiki page up on this for future reference..

http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/show/Rails+0.11+Upgrade+Problems




On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:37:41 -0800, Stanislav Freidin
<bugmaster-ihVZJaRskl1bRRN4PJnoQQ@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Rick Olson wrote:
> 
> >iconv.dll in your \windows\system32 or \ruby\bin directories.  I made
> >sure my rubygems upgraded to 0.8.8 and rails upgraded without a hitch.
> >
> >
> That didn''t do it for me; I still had to manually copy iconv.dll
and
> iconv.so  . As far as I can tell, these files are not included in the
> rubygems 0.8.8 distribution.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
> Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org
> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
>

Josh Knowles wrote:
>
> On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:33:37 -0600, Curt Hibbs
<curt-fk6st7iWb8MAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > That would be good if that takes care of it, since I''m
currently putting
> > together the next release of the one-click installer that will iclude
an
> > updated RubyGems.
>
> Do you plan on including Rails and SQLite in your new one-click installer?
No, but I am putting together a One-Click Ruby Server that will include
ruby, lighttpd, rails, and mysql (altough I will admit I''m having
trouble
finding time to work on it).

Curt