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Rails 3 installation fails on Linux with "File not found: lib" before making rdocs
marko@harman:~$ sudo gem install rails
[sudo] password for marko:
Successfully installed activesupport-3.0.0
Successfully installed i18n-0.4.1
Successfully installed activemodel-3.0.0
Successfully installed rack-1.2.1
Successfully installed rack-mount-0.6.13
Successfully installed tzinfo-0.3.23
Successfully installed erubis-2.6.6
Successfully installed actionpack-3.0.0
Successfully installed arel-1.0.1
Successfully installed activerecord-3.0.0
Successfully installed activeresource-3.0.0
Successfully installed polyglot-0.3.1
Successfully installed treetop-1.4.8
Successfully installed mail-2.2.5
Successfully installed actionmailer-3.0.0
Successfully installed thor-0.14.0
Successfully installed railties-3.0.0
Successfully installed bundler-1.0.0
Successfully installed rails-3.0.0
19 gems installed
Installing ri documentation for activesupport-3.0.0...
Installing ri documentation for i18n-0.4.1...
Installing ri documentation for activemodel-3.0.0...
Installing ri documentation for rack-1.2.1...
Installing ri documentation for rack-mount-0.6.13...
Installing ri documentation for tzinfo-0.3.23...
Installing ri documentation for erubis-2.6.6...
Installing ri documentation for actionpack-3.0.0...
Installing ri documentation for arel-1.0.1...
Installing ri documentation for activerecord-3.0.0...
Installing ri documentation for activeresource-3.0.0...
Installing ri documentation for polyglot-0.3.1...
Installing ri documentation for treetop-1.4.8...
Installing ri documentation for mail-2.2.5...
Installing ri documentation for actionmailer-3.0.0...
Installing ri documentation for thor-0.14.0...
Installing ri documentation for railties-3.0.0...
Installing ri documentation for bundler-1.0.0...
Installing ri documentation for rails-3.0.0...
File not found: lib
marko@harman:~$ gem env
RubyGems Environment:
- RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.3.6
- RUBY VERSION: 1.8.7 (2010-01-10 patchlevel 249) [x86_64-linux]
- INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
- RUBY EXECUTABLE: /usr/bin/ruby1.8
- EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/bin
- RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
- ruby
- x86_64-linux
- GEM PATHS:
- /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
- /home/marko/.gem/ruby/1.8
- GEM CONFIGURATION:
- :update_sources => true
- :verbose => true
- :benchmark => false
- :backtrace => false
- :bulk_threshold => 1000
- :sources => ["http://rubygems.org/", "http://gemcutter.org", "http://gems.github.com"]
- REMOTE SOURCES:
- http://rubygems.org/
- http://gemcutter.org
- http://gems.github.com
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amuino commented Sep 5, 2010

Same here using rvm with ruby 1.8.7 p302.
Any clues?

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amuino commented Sep 6, 2010

Upgrading rdoc seems to solve this for me: gem install rdoc

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markoa commented Sep 9, 2010

You're right, that works for me too. Thanks!

@lvnilesh
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lvnilesh commented Aug 4, 2012

gem install rdoc
gem install rails

That worked. Thanks.

@megha24
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megha24 commented Feb 8, 2013

worked for me too

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thanks!

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