On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:26:42 +0900, Jim Menard <jimm / io.com> wrote:
> I have two issues with installing Rails via RubyGems. I'm on Mac OS X.
> 
> First, when asking to install dependencies, the prompts end with "[Yn]
> ". I hit return, expecting it to default to 'Y'. Instead, I saw
> 
> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Gem::DependencyError)
>      Required dependency activerecord not installed
> 
> It turns out that I must type 'y'.
> 

This one is a (stupid) bug in 0.7.0 of RubyGems.  It's fixed in CVS
and 0.8.0, which will be released tomorrow--I swear :)

> Second, here's what happens when I try to install everything:
> 
> ~> sudo gem install rails
> Attempting local installation of 'rails'
> Local gem file not found: rails.gem
> Attempting remote installation of 'rails'
> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (NameError)
>      (eval):1:in `class_eval': uninitialized class variable
> @@inheritable_attributes_for_base in
> CGI::Session::ActiveRecordStore::Session
> 
> Has anybody else seen this problem? Any suggestions?
> 

I haven't encountered this one.  I've installed rails on several
machines several times via RubyGems without a problem.  Anyone else?

Chad