error when using rinku

Question

How can I get rinku to run and the page to load properly?

Error message: uninitialized constant ActionView::CompiledTemplates::Rinku

Steps taken:

Installed rinku gem and rake-compiler and ran $ rake per the gem developer's instructions
Inserted require 'rinku' into the controller file
Inserted the following into the view file <% text = "Go to http://www.abc.com or email me at dude@abc.com" %> and <%= Rinku.auto_link(text, mode=:all, link_attr=nil, skip_tags=nil) %>

Your have a version of Rails > 3.1? – Raindal May 09 '13 at 20:42 — Raindal, May 09 '13 at 20:42

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 12 '13 at 06:11

The correct installation of Rinku in a Rails 3.2 app is:

Don't add require 'rinku' or bother with rake or the rake-compiler.

The Rinku.auto_link(text) should now work in your view. If the HTML renders as plain text, you may need to add raw or html_safe e.g.

<%= raw Rinku.auto_link(text) %> or <%= Rinku.auto_link(text).html_safe %>

Versions: rails 3.2.13, rinku 1.7.3

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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auto_link has been removed from Rails after version 3. Replacement gems are available.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

Community

answered May 09 '13 at 20:51

Mori

Thanks Mori. Yeah, I saw that one. Is there a way to do it with the "rails_autolink" standalone gem instead of "rails_rinku"? Looks like there are some segfaults issues – djmb May 10 '13 at 13:38

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