Ruby on Rails: error whenever running any rails command

Question

I have tried several times to install rails. Using RVM, then compiling the source myself, then using RVM again... every time the install looks like its worked fine but when i then try and run

rails -v

.. or any rails command, I get:

internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require': no such file to load -- /home/user/config/boot (LoadError)
    from <internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require'
    from script/rails:5:in `<main>'

ruby seems to work fine, as does gem. I have searched all over an cannot find information on what the issue could be. I am running Ubuntu 11.04 and have installed the latest release of the rails gem (not the RC)

Ryan Bigg · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-22 00:01:07Z

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Where are you running this command from? It looks like you are running it from your home directory where you've accidentally run rails new . and then deleted config/boot.rb but not deleted script/rails. Then, when you run rails -v that command is detecting there is a script/rails folder there and attempting to load the stack as if your home directory were a Rails application.

Remove script/rails from your home directory and try again.

answered Jul 22, 2011 at 0:01

Ryan Bigg

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