Well, reinstalling (after a purge) didn't do the trick at all. I'm a bit stumped at this point. t. Tom Cloyd wrote: > Todd, > Fair question, to which the answer is yes, sadly. All indicators > are that my rubygems installation has somehow good bad. I'm preparing > to remove and reinstall. > > Tom > > Todd Benson wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 7:03 AM, Tom Cloyd <tomcloyd / comcast.net> wrote: >> >> >>> I just tried a sqlite3 demo program I've been writing, and got this >>> upon >>> launch - >>> >>> /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in >>> `gem_original_require': no such file to load -- sqlite3 (LoadError) >>> from >>> /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in >>> `require' >>> from sqlite-sequel-demo.rb:80 >>> from sqlite-sequel-demo.rb:80:in `each' >>> from sqlite-sequel-demo.rb:80 >>> >> >> Are you using require 'rubygems' first? >> >> Todd >> >> >> > > >