rspec users - Sep 2009 - bmabey-fakefs Not Found Error when installing rspec 1.2.9.rc1

I''m trying to install rspec so I can work with the new book chapter.
This what the console shows after running "rake install_gem"

  Successfully built RubyGem
  Name: rspec
  Version: 1.2.9.rc1
  File: rspec-1.2.9.rc1.gem
mv rspec-1.2.9.rc1.gem pkg/rspec-1.2.9.rc1.gem
sudo gem install  bmabey-fakefs --version ''>=0.1.1''
ERROR:  could not find gem bmabey-fakefs locally or in a repository

I went and installed bmabey-fakefs from:
http://github.com/bmabey/fakefs

but I still get the same error after installing bmabey-fakefs.  I
notice that "gem list" command shows this as "fakefs" and
not "bmabey-
fakefs" but I don''t know if this naming difference matters, or
what to
do about it if it does.

Can anyone tell me how to solve this?  Or if I can safely ignore this?

Any help appreciated.

Dan

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 12:16 PM, DanS <dansteinicke at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I''m trying to install rspec so I can work with the new book
chapter.
> This what the console shows after running "rake install_gem"
>
> ?Successfully built RubyGem
> ?Name: rspec
> ?Version: 1.2.9.rc1
> ?File: rspec-1.2.9.rc1.gem
> mv rspec-1.2.9.rc1.gem pkg/rspec-1.2.9.rc1.gem
> sudo gem install ?bmabey-fakefs --version ''>=0.1.1''
> ERROR: ?could not find gem bmabey-fakefs locally or in a repository
>
> I went and installed bmabey-fakefs from:
> http://github.com/bmabey/fakefs
>
> but I still get the same error after installing bmabey-fakefs. ?I
> notice that "gem list" command shows this as "fakefs"
and not "bmabey-
> fakefs" but I don''t know if this naming difference matters,
or what to
> do about it if it does.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to solve this? ?Or if I can safely ignore this?
2 things you can do. Install from rubyforge:

[sudo] gem install rspec --prerelease

or ....

if you clone the git rep, just install it w/ the gem command:

rake gem
[sudo] gem install pkg/rspec-1.2.9.rc1.gem


> Any help appreciated.
>
> Dan
> _______________________________________________
> rspec-users mailing list
> rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
>

Thanks so much for the help on this.
> [sudo] gem install rspec --prerelease
This seemed to install version 1.2.8 not the 1.2.9.rc1 I was looking
for.
>
> if you clone the git rep, just install it w/ the gem command:
>
> rake gem
> [sudo] gem install pkg/rspec-1.2.9.rc1.gem
This way did the trick for me. :)

Thanks again for the help.

Dan

Thanks so much for the help on this.
> [sudo] gem install rspec --prerelease
This seemed to install version 1.2.8 not the 1.2.9.rc1 I was looking
for.
>
> if you clone the git rep, just install it w/ the gem command:
>
> rake gem
> [sudo] gem install pkg/rspec-1.2.9.rc1.gem
This way did the trick for me. :)

Thanks again for the help.

Dan

Thanks so much for the help on this.
> [sudo] gem install rspec --prerelease
This seemed to install version 1.2.8 not the 1.2.9.rc1 I was looking
for.
>
> if you clone the git rep, just install it w/ the gem command:
>
> rake gem
> [sudo] gem install pkg/rspec-1.2.9.rc1.gem
This way did the trick for me. :)

Thanks again for the help.

Dan

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 1:53 PM, DanS <dansteinicke at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Thanks so much for the help on this.
>
>> [sudo] gem install rspec --prerelease
>
> This seemed to install version 1.2.8 not the 1.2.9.rc1 I was looking
> for.
What OS and ruby/rubygems version? The --prerelease flag is a fairly
recent addition and may not work everywhere yet.
>
>>
>> if you clone the git rep, just install it w/ the gem command:
>>
>> rake gem
>> [sudo] gem install pkg/rspec-1.2.9.rc1.gem
> This way did the trick for me. :)
>
> Thanks again for the help.
>
> Dan
> _______________________________________________
> rspec-users mailing list
> rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
>

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 1:16 PM, DanS <dansteinicke at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> but I still get the same error after installing bmabey-fakefs. ?I
> notice that "gem list" command shows this as "fakefs"
and not "bmabey-
> fakefs" but I don''t know if this naming difference matters,
or what to
> do about it if it does.
I''m glad you got the problem fixed by another route, but if it comes
up again (or for the benefit of others):

Most likely you hadn''t added Github as a gem repository.  The gem
naming scheme you saw, "bmabey-fakefs," is how Github names all gems
served out of its repository.  It''s not necessarily a _good_ way, and
it''s caused all sorts of headaches, but they stand by it due to their
principle that no single Github repo is the "authoritative" one for a
gem.

To solve this problem permanently, run this on the command line at some point:
> sudo gem sources --add http://gems.github.com
If you just want to add Github to the repo list on a case-by-case
basis, do this instead the next time you install a Github gem:
> sudo gem install bmabey-fakefs --source http://gems.github.com


-- 
Have Fun,
   Steve Eley (sfeley at gmail.com)
   ESCAPE POD - The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine
   http://www.escapepod.org

> What OS and ruby/rubygems version? The --prerelease flag is a fairly
> recent addition and may not work everywhere yet.
Mac OS X 10.5.8
ruby 1.8.6 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 287) [universal-darwin9.0]
gem 1.3.5

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 3:20 PM, DanS <dansteinicke at gmail.com>
wrote:
>> What OS and ruby/rubygems version? The --prerelease flag is a fairly
>> recent addition and may not work everywhere yet.
>
> Mac OS X 10.5.8
> ruby 1.8.6 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 287) [universal-darwin9.0]
> gem 1.3.5
And what do you see if you type this:

gem q -rn rspec --prerelease

> And what do you see if you type this:
>
> gem q -rn rspec --prerelease
*** REMOTE GEMS ***

ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Gem::OperationNotSupportedError)
    Prereleases not supported on legacy repositories

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 3:41 PM, DanS <dansteinicke at gmail.com>
wrote:
>> And what do you see if you type this:
>>
>> gem q -rn rspec --prerelease
>
> *** REMOTE GEMS ***
>
> ERROR: ?While executing gem ... (Gem::OperationNotSupportedError)
> ? ?Prereleases not supported on legacy repositories
Well that explains why you''re not seeing --prerelease gems. What do
you get from this:

gem sources

> Well that explains why you''re not seeing --prerelease gems. What
do
> you get from this:
>
> gem sources
*** CURRENT SOURCES ***

http://gems.rubyforge.org
http://gems.rubyonrails.org
http://gems.github.com

-This is after I followed Stephen Eley''s advice (thanks Stephen) and
added github as a source.  Not sure if that was there prior to that.

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 3:53 PM, DanS <dansteinicke at gmail.com>
wrote:
>> Well that explains why you''re not seeing --prerelease gems.
What do
>> you get from this:
>>
>> gem sources
>
> *** CURRENT SOURCES ***
>
> http://gems.rubyforge.org
> http://gems.rubyonrails.org
> http://gems.github.com
>
> -This is after I followed Stephen Eley''s advice (thanks Stephen)
and
> added github as a source. ?Not sure if that was there prior to that.
I''ve got this:

$ gem sources
*** CURRENT SOURCES ***

http://gemcutter.org
http://gems.rubyforge.org/
http://gems.github.com/

My guess is that the server at http://gems.rubyonrails.org needs to be
updated. If you don''t need that I''d remove it from your source
list.
You can always get gems from there with --source
http://gems.rubyforge.org/ on the command line.

$ gem sources -r  http://gems.rubyonrails.org
$ gem q -rn rspec --prerelease

????

> My guess is that the server at http://gems.rubyonrails.org needs to be
> updated. If you don''t need that I''d remove it from your
source list.
> You can always get gems from there with
--sourcehttp://gems.rubyforge.org/on the command line.
>
> $ gem sources -r ?http://gems.rubyonrails.org
> $ gem q -rn rspec --prerelease
>
> ????
Success!  After removing http://gems.rubyonrails.org as a source...
gem q -rn rspec --prerelease

*** REMOTE GEMS ***

rspec (1.2.9.rc1, 1.2.7.rc1)
rspec-rails (1.2.9.rc1, 1.2.7.rc1)

Thanks for all the help.  Hope it ends up helping some other folks too.

DanS wrote:
> I''m trying to install rspec so I can work with the new book
chapter.
> This what the console shows after running "rake install_gem"
> 
>   Successfully built RubyGem
>   Name: rspec
>   Version: 1.2.9.rc1
>   File: rspec-1.2.9.rc1.gem
> mv rspec-1.2.9.rc1.gem pkg/rspec-1.2.9.rc1.gem
> sudo gem install  bmabey-fakefs --version ''>=0.1.1''
> ERROR:  could not find gem bmabey-fakefs locally or in a repository
Just ran into this problem and none of the posted answers helped. Here 
is the solution:

Going to http://gems.github.com/ I noticed that it RubyGems 1.2.0 or 
higher is required for working with github.

PS C:\code\RubyPlayground> gem -v
0.9.4

PS C:\code\RubyPlayground> gem update --system

PS C:\code\RubyPlayground> gem install rspec
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