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Leonardo Dario Perna

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Mar 25, 2010, 9:24:01 PM3/25/10
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Hi everyone,
I'm trying to get started with twitter4r but I'm having some issues:

1. Why I can't load the gem in IRB?

$ sudo gem install twitter4r
Successfully installed twitter4r-0.3.2
1 gem installed
Installing ri documentation for twitter4r-0.3.2...
Installing RDoc documentation for twitter4r-0.3.2...

$ irb
>> require 'rubygems'
=> false
>> require 'twitter4r'
LoadError: no such file to load -- twitter4r
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
`gem_original_require'
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
`require'
from (irb):2


2. I've downloaded the http://files.rubyforge.vm.bytemark.co.uk/twitter4r/twitter4rails.post-0_2_4.zip
app and it works only with twitter4r-0.2.4 and NOT with last version
twitter4r-0.3.2:

$ script/server
./script/../config/boot.rb:26:Warning: Gem::SourceIndex#search support
for String patterns is deprecated, use #find_name
=> Booting Mongrel (use 'script/server webrick' to force WEBrick)
=> Rails application starting on http://0.0.0.0:3000
=> Call with -d to detach
=> Ctrl-C to shutdown server
** Starting Mongrel listening at 0.0.0.0:3000
** Starting Rails with development environment...
Exiting
/Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
`gem_original_require': no such file to load -- twitter/rails
(MissingSourceFile)
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
`require'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/
ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/
dependencies.rb:495:in `require'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/
ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/
dependencies.rb:342:in `new_constants_in'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/
ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/
dependencies.rb:495:in `require'
from /Users/leonardodarioperna/Projects/Kaaaki/marrakaaaki/
twitter4rails.post-0_2_4/config/environment.rb:64
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
`gem_original_require'
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
`require'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/
ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/
dependencies.rb:495:in `require'
... 23 levels...
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/
ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.3/lib/commands/server.rb:39
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
`gem_original_require'
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
`require'
from script/server:3


3. Last thing, if in the /config/environment.rb I need to specify:
RAILS_GEM_VERSION = '1.2.3' unless defined?
RAILS_GEM_VERSION
if I use my last rails version:
RAILS_GEM_VERSION = '2.3.4' unless defined?
RAILS_GEM_VERSION

I get this error:

$ script/server -p3002
=> Booting Mongrel
=> Rails 2.3.4 application starting on http://0.0.0.0:3000
/Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems.rb:280:in `activate': can't activate
activerecord (= 1.15.6, runtime) for [], already activated
activerecord-2.3.4 for ["rails-2.3.4"] (Gem::LoadError)
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:35:in
`require'
from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.4/lib/
active_support/dependencies.rb:156:in `require'
from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.4/lib/
active_support/dependencies.rb:521:in `new_constants_in'
from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.4/lib/
active_support/dependencies.rb:156:in `require'
from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/twitter4r-0.2.4/lib/twitter/rails.rb:
6
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
`gem_original_require'
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
`require'
from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.4/lib/
active_support/dependencies.rb:156:in `require'
... 8 levels...
from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.4/lib/commands/server.rb:
84
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
`gem_original_require'
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
`require'
from script/server:3

And that's all :-)

Thank you,

Leo

SP

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Mar 26, 2010, 8:26:56 AM3/26/10
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Hi Leo,

Please use the following:

irb
> require 'rubygems'
> require 'twitter'

in rails environment.rb in 2.3 or below:
config.gem("twitter4r", :version => ">=0.3.2", :lib => 'twitter')

In rails 3+ in Gemfile I am not 100%, but it is something like:
gem("twitter4r", :path => "twitter")

HTH,
Susan

On Mar 25, 8:24 pm, Leonardo Dario Perna <ilfantinoperd...@gmail.com>
wrote:


> Hi everyone,
> I'm trying to get started with twitter4r but I'm having some issues:
>
> 1. Why I can't load the gem in IRB?
>
> $ sudo gem install twitter4r
> Successfully installed twitter4r-0.3.2
> 1 gem installed
> Installing ri documentation for twitter4r-0.3.2...
> Installing RDoc documentation for twitter4r-0.3.2...
>
> $ irb>> require 'rubygems'
> => false
> >> require 'twitter4r'
>
> LoadError: no such file to load -- twitter4r
>         from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
> `gem_original_require'
>         from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
> `require'
>         from (irb):2
>

> 2. I've downloaded thehttp://files.rubyforge.vm.bytemark.co.uk/twitter4r/twitter4rails.post...


> app and it works only with twitter4r-0.2.4 and NOT with last version
> twitter4r-0.3.2:
>
> $ script/server
> ./script/../config/boot.rb:26:Warning: Gem::SourceIndex#search support
> for String patterns is deprecated, use #find_name
> => Booting Mongrel (use 'script/server webrick' to force WEBrick)

> => Rails application starting onhttp://0.0.0.0:3000

> => Rails 2.3.4 application starting onhttp://0.0.0.0:3000

SP

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Mar 26, 2010, 8:29:35 AM3/26/10
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And I forgot to mention I no longer include the Rails/ActiveRecord
patch in Twitter4R because in 2.2.+ something changed in ActiveRecord
that made it almost impossible for me to figure out in my spare time
how to mixin the patch without negative side effects. Please remove
all references of require('twitter/rails'). And just prefer to output
to JSON rather than XML from your Rails RESTful web services.

Thanks,
Susan

On Mar 25, 8:24 pm, Leonardo Dario Perna <ilfantinoperd...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> I'm trying to get started with twitter4r but I'm having some issues:
>
> 1. Why I can't load the gem in IRB?
>
> $ sudo gem install twitter4r
> Successfully installed twitter4r-0.3.2
> 1 gem installed
> Installing ri documentation for twitter4r-0.3.2...
> Installing RDoc documentation for twitter4r-0.3.2...
>
> $ irb>> require 'rubygems'
> => false
> >> require 'twitter4r'
>
> LoadError: no such file to load -- twitter4r
>         from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
> `gem_original_require'
>         from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
> `require'
>         from (irb):2
>

> 2. I've downloaded thehttp://files.rubyforge.vm.bytemark.co.uk/twitter4r/twitter4rails.post...


> app and it works only with twitter4r-0.2.4 and NOT with last version
> twitter4r-0.3.2:
>
> $ script/server
> ./script/../config/boot.rb:26:Warning: Gem::SourceIndex#search support
> for String patterns is deprecated, use #find_name
> => Booting Mongrel (use 'script/server webrick' to force WEBrick)

> => Rails application starting onhttp://0.0.0.0:3000

> => Rails 2.3.4 application starting onhttp://0.0.0.0:3000

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