[Rubygems-developers] [ rubygems-Bugs-27244 ] ruby: no such file to load -- ubygems (LoadError) when installing rubygems

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Bugs item #27244, was opened at 2009-10-05 23:12
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Category: RubyGems installer (setup.rb)
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Rejected
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Tom Lianza (tlianza)
Assigned to: Nobody (None)
Summary: ruby: no such file to load -- ubygems (LoadError) when installing rubygems

Initial Comment:
I'm trying to install rubygems on a system that has never had it.  I downloaded the latest version (1.3.5) and when I ran ruby setup.rb install, I get the error above: 

ruby: no such file to load -- ubygems (LoadError) when installing rubygems

The README says this is only an update, so I assume that I need to download an older version - but I grabbed 1.3.0 and saw the same thing.

So... I'm a little perplexed because it *seems* like rubygems is a requirement to install rubygems based on the errors.  But, it could well be that I'm doing something stupid.

FWIW I'm in a Cygwin/Windows env.

Thanks!
Tom

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>Comment By: Luis Lavena (luislavena)
Date: 2009-10-06 03:03

Message:
This is related to RUBYOPT environment variable being set.

Please unset RUBYOPT from your System preferences.

Previous versions of Ruby Installer for Windows (One-Click) used to set it, that is no longer true.

Since you're using Cygwin, is not clear how that variable got set.

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