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RVM: Could not find RubyGem rake when installing Rubinius

Posted in Coding, Coding Tips on May 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

If you’re getting a failure from ‘rvm install rbx’ during the ‘Configuring rbx’ stage, and your logfile looks like: [2011-05-20 23:22:41] /Users/austinmills/.rvm/wrappers/ruby-1.8.7-p302/rake install /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:827:in `report_activate_error’: Could not find RubyGem rake (>= 0) (Gem::LoadError) from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:261:in `activate’ from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:68:in `gem’ from /usr/bin/rake:18 Then you just need to make sure that rake is installed in your global [...]

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The 5 Stages of API Grief

Posted in Coding, Development Methods, Humor on May 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

1. Denial – “Surely that’s not how their API works!” 2. Anger – “WTF are they thinking? Why would anyone do that?” 3. Bargaining – “Hey, would you be willing to change your API? I can make a pull request…” 4. Depression – “This API sucks. I don’t want to work on it anymore.” 5. [...]

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