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Hi everyone! Im trying to install mechanizer from http://github.com/tenderlove/mechanize. I`ve clone the project into /tmp folder. When I do rake inside the folder /tmp/mechanizer it gives me this error: mac159180:mechanize renatosis$ rake (in /private/tmp/mechanize) /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby -w -Ilib:bin:test:. -e ''require "rubygems";

I have to update 80 pages'' compliance terms on our clients existing CMS system. I can''t do this on the back end, and it''s a tedious task I''m looking to automate. These are all in an admin panel, so I am trying to find a library that could at least maintain a session and simulate browser interaction from the command line. Any leads would be helpful! Thanks!

I run the command $gem update --system after all time while installing gems and even $rails -v command also giving below error Invalid gemspec in [/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/specifications/ json-1.6.1.gemspec]: invalid date format in specification: "2011-09-18 00:00:00.000000000Z" Invalid gemspec in [/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/specifications/ json-1.6.0.gemspec]: invalid

I am using http.get in a model to parse html code returned from a Oracle server. My first try was to use assertions (assert and assert_select) to test and parse the html code. But I have problems including the methods in the model. Have tried both "include" and copy/paste to get assertion methods into my model. Works as a model, but I get load errors when I am using the model from a

Hello! I'm collecting data on a refrigerator that I'm using to cure meat. Specifically I am collection humidity and temperature readings. The temperature readings look sinusoidal (due to the refrigerator turning on and off). I'd like to calculate the frequency and period of the wave so that I can determine if modifications I make to the equipment are increasing or decreasing

I am working on a gem that has needs to set dependencies conditionally when the gem is installed. I''ve done some digging around and it looks like i''m not alone in this need. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4596606/rubygems-how-do-i-add-platform-specific-dependency # this is a long thread http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/957999 The only way I can see to add dependencies to

Hi, Is there a archive off http://api.rubyonrails.org/ so that I can view it without net access? Kind Regards, Herbert _______________________________________________ Rails mailing list Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails

I''m running jruby trunk which has integrated rubygems 1.0.0 and when I try and install mongrel with gem it blows up when the fastthread dependency tries to do a native compilation. I couldn''t find a copy of the gemspec in the svn checkout but looking at the one installed when gem installing mongrel didn''t show any platform differentiation. There is platform

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Hello All, My google-fu did not find this answer : How do I configure a Rails-3 Engine so that the engine''s Gemfile is integrated with the parent-Rails-app''s bundle? Thanks Peter Fitzgibbons (847) 859-9550 Email: peter.fitzgibbons-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org IM GTalk: peter.fitzgibbons IM AOL: peter.fitzgibbons-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org -- You

I''ve just reinstalled linux (9.10) and am trying to match my gem environment to our server''s. I''m having a problem with will_paginate. On the server, under gem list, i have "mislav-will_paginate (2.3.6)". So, i''m trying to install that locally. Following the instructions on the will_paginate page, http://wiki.github.com/mislav/will_paginate,

subject line says it all. I am trying to use the Google Storage gem (gstore), and if i use ruby 1.8.7, no problem. If i try to use ruby 1.9.3, i get this error: Timeout::Error: Timeout::Error from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/protocol.rb:146:in `rescue in rbuf_fill'' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/protocol.rb:140:in `rbuf_fill'' from

Pinging @tenderlove Some questions on how best to move forward with this: 1.) AC::Live is making use of the stream object on ActionDispatch::Response. Should the rack.hijack_io object be used instead of this in AC::Live or should ActionDispatch::Response be changed to use rack.hijack_io? 2.) What do you think about changing AC::Live to work with adapters? I suspect the primary use case for

Hi all, I''m trying to build a gemspec for win32-ipc, using a precompiled binary. Here''s my gemspec file: #win32-ipc.gemspec require "rubygems" spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s| s.name = "win32-ipc" s.version = "0.3.1" s.platform = Gem::Platform::WIN32 s.summary = "A base class for Win32 synchronization objects."

I can''t figure out how to build rspec-rails as a gem when just cloned from github... there isn''t any .gemspec file or rake task that does this. Any help? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

This seems like such an obvious idea that I''m having trouble believing I''m the first to think of it. Why not take ranges containing Float::INFINITY and translate them to the appropriate greater than or less than comparisons? Example: class Person scope :voters, -> { where(born_on: (-Float::INFINITY..18.years.ago)) } end This would generate something along the lines of

I want to upload file using get method. for example, "http://www.mydomain.com/upload?file=c:\test.exe" upload my local file to the remote server. I found one useful link about file uploading here(http:// www.tutorialspoint.com/ruby-on-rails/rails-file-uploading.htm). Even I''ve changed some code in order to fit my rails version, it worked well. But the problem is I have use