Ruby Newbie...

[Stanislav Sedov]

On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:21:29 -0700
Glenn <hgic at geekazoid.com> mentioned:

> Good Day!  I am attempting to install Jobsworth on FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE 
> (amd64).  It requires Ruby 1.9.x.
> 
> I attempted to install Ruby and applicable gems via the ports 
> collection.  Suffice to say that this procedure did not work.  :-)  My 
> next step was RTFM...
> 
> In following the instructions at https://github.com/ari/jobsworth#readme 
> <http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=https://github.com/ari/jobsworth%23readme> 
> , I was able to get much further in the installation process!
> 
> I was able to get to Step 5 (Ruby gems).  The only way I could get Step 
> 5 (Ruby gems) to complete was to run the command as root although the 
> instructions wanted the commands run as my Apache user.
> 
> When I run Step 6 (Setup configuration and database) and initialize the 
> database schema, I get:
> Initialize database schema [n]: y
> Initializing database schema
> (in /usr/local/www/jobsworth)
> rake aborted!
> no such file to load -- iconv
> /usr/local/www/jobsworth/Rakefile:4:in `<top (required)>'
> (See full trace by running task with --trace)
> (in /usr/local/www/jobsworth)
> rake aborted!
> no such file to load -- iconv
> /usr/local/www/jobsworth/Rakefile:4:in `<top (required)>'
> (See full trace by running task with --trace)
> 
> Loading Rails to create account...
> /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/json-1.4.6/lib/json/common.rb: 
> 2:in `require': no such file to load -- iconv (LoadError)
>          from 
> /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/json-1.4.6/lib/json/common.rb:2:in 
> `<top (required)>'
>          from 
> /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/json-1.4.6/lib/json.rb:1:in 
> `require'
>          from 
> /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/json-1.4.6/lib/json.rb:1:in 
> `<top (required)>'
>          from 
> /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/bundler-1.0.10/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:68:in 
> `require'
>          from 
> /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/bundler-1.0.10/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:68:in 
> `block (2 levels) in require'
>          from 
> /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/bundler-1.0.10/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:66:in 
> `each'
>          from 
> /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/bundler-1.0.10/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:66:in 
> `block in require'
>          from 
> /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/bundler-1.0.10/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:55:in 
> `each'
>          from 
> /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/bundler-1.0.10/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:55:in 
> `require'
>          from 
> /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/bundler-1.0.10/lib/bundler.rb:120:in 
> `require'
>          from /usr/local/www/jobsworth/config/application.rb:7:in `<top 
> (required)>'
>          from <internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require'
>          from <internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require'
>          from /usr/local/www/jobsworth/config/environment.rb:2:in `<top 
> (required)>'
>          from <internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require'
>          from <internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require'
>          from setup.rb:181:in `<main>'
> 
> I have attempted #2 from 
> http://exceptionz.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/how-to-fix-the-iconv-requi... 
> <http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://exceptionz.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/how-to-fix-the-iconv-require-error-in-ruby-1-9/> 
> 
> .
> 
> I have attempted 
> http://blog.dev001.net/post/2436585997/installing-iconv-using-bundler... 
> <http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://blog.dev001.net/post/2436585997/installing-iconv-using-bundler-on-freebsd>
> 
> Neither has worked.  I fear I am missing something simple.  Alas, I
> have zero Ruby experience prior to this project.  Any assistance would
> be greatly appreciated!!!  :-)
> 

It seems it missed the iconv library.
Try installing it from converters/ruby-iconv.
Also, if you're using ruby 1.9 set RUBY_VER to 1.9 when installing anything
from ports. (e.g. via make variable, or put RUBY_VER=1.9 to the /etc/make.conf).

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Stanislav Sedov
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