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rubyruby-on-rails-3cygwininstallationtypeerror
Raven
Raven

Reputation: 1520

Can't install ruby on rails. TypeError

I'm trying to install ruby on rails for windows 7. I've tried this on Professional and Enterprise.

I'm following Michael Hartl's tutorial if it helps answer this question. First I install Cygwin64, then I download rubygems-2.3.0. I move rubygems-2.3.0 into C:\cygwin64\home\mycomputername. I untar it successfully, cd into the rubygems-2.3.0 folder, and run setup.rb. Everything works fine up till here.

When I run the command gem install rails --version 3.0.0, it installs successfully until I get to

Fetching: rack-1.2.8.gem (100%) ERROR: While executing gem ... (TypeError) can't convert nil into String

Which is where the above error happens. After this, no rails command will work.

I should note that my version of ruby is v1.9.3, if it matters.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 630

Answers (2)

iheartkode
iheartkode

Reputation: 57

If on Windows it's best to use railsinstaller.org. If you could install Linux it would be a better option for developing ruby on rails.

Upvotes: 0

Kalman
Kalman

Reputation: 8131

I suggest you install Ruby and Rails from http://railsinstaller.org/en if you are on Windows 7.

Upvotes: 2

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