rubygems 1.3.6 installation fails

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I have installed ruby 1.9.3 from sources and downloaded rubygems 1.3.6 also source. looking at the manual I untarred the tarball and typed ruby setup.rb This is what I get as output:

/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems.rb:206:in `try_activate': undefined method 
`find_by_path' for Gem::Specification:Class (NoMethodError)
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:59:in `rescue in require'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:35:in `require'
        from /root/rubygems-1.3.6/lib/rubygems/config_file.rb:50:in `<class:ConfigFile>'
        from /root/rubygems-1.3.6/lib/rubygems/config_file.rb:28:in `<top (required)>'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
        from /root/rubygems-1.3.6/lib/rubygems/gem_runner.rb:8:in `<top (required)>'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
        from setup.rb:25:in `<main>'

This is done on CentOS 5

The current stable version of Rubygems is 1.8.24, any specific reason you are installing 1.3.6? — Anand Shah, Jan 10 '13 at 08:39
No, I was just following a guide. I will try installing 1.8.24 — Tom Klino, Jan 10 '13 at 08:42
OK, seems to fix it. If you want to post this as an answer I will check it solved — Tom Klino, Jan 10 '13 at 08:45

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 10 '13 at 08:47

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The current stable version of Rubygems is 1.8.24, any specific reason you are installing 1.3.6?

answered Jan 10 '13 at 08:47

Anand Shah

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because that is what works with rails 2. check this out http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11028804/undefined-method-name-for-actionmailerstring – light24bulbs Jul 30 '14 at 23:08

rubygems 1.3.6 installation fails

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