Ruby - kernel_require.rb:54 in 'require': Cannot load such file (from GitHub repository)

Question

I cloned a GitHub directory because I wanted to help on an open-source project.

The link to the project is listed below, so feel free to try it out for yourself.

https://github.com/tupini07/RubyMan

According to the README, I did the following

git clone https://github.com/tupini07/RubyMan
cd projects/RubyMan
ruby main.rb

Edit

I solved the first issue by running gem install win32console, but I still run into the same problem.

Error Message

C:\Users\darkmouse\Documents\Projects\RubyMan>ruby main.rb
C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in 
`require': cannot load such file -- 2.0/Console_ext (LoadError)
from C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
from C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/win32console-1.3.2-x86-mingw32/
lib/Win32/Console.rb:12:in `rescue in <top (required)>'
from C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/win32console-1.3.2-x86-mingw32/
lib/Win32/Console.rb:8:in `<top (required)>'
from C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
from C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
from C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/win32console-1.3.2-x86-mingw32/
lib/Win32/Console/ANSI.rb:13:in `<top (required)>'
from C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
from C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
from C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/win32console-1.3.2-x86-mingw32/
lib/win32console.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
from C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:128:in `require'
from C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:128:in `rescue in require'
from C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:39:in `require'
from C:/Users/darkmouse/Documents/Projects/RubyMan/Board.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
from main.rb:4:in `require_relative'
from main.rb:4:in `<main>'

Main.rb

3 require_relative 'player'
4 require_relative 'Board'
5 require_relative 'LoadLevel'

Board.rb

2 require 'win32console'

The issues are listed above.

I run a Windows 8 Operating System.

I'd prefer not to bombard the repository with issues, so I decided to ask here.

Solution

I forked this same GitHub project, RubyMan, and cloned it on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I installed the current stable release of Ruby 2.2.2. I ran into almost the same problem as above when I changed to the RubyMan folder and ran:

ruby Main.rb

Here is the stack trace:

/usr/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require': cannot load such file -- colorize (LoadError)
    from /usr/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
    from /home/ashok/RubyMan/Board.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
    from Main.rb:3:in `require_relative'
    from Main.rb:3:in `block in <main>'
    from Main.rb:3:in `each'
    from Main.rb:3:in `<main>'

Others who ran into a similar problem suggested on GitHub to:

sudo gem install colorize

Result:

Successfully installed colorize-0.7.7

Unfortunately, the above problem didn't go away :( I tried many other suggestions. No luck.

However, these two steps resolved the problem: Step 1:

sudo gem update --system

Result:

RubyGems system software updated

I understand that this updates all installed gems to their latest versions.

Step 2:

sudo gem install colorize

Result:

Successfully installed colorize-0.7.7

Now I am able to launch the RubyMan program by running:

ruby Main.rb

Result:

What size will the board be?

And when I enter a number, it displays the 2D RubyMan game ready to play!

Comments

[August]

Can you post the entire stack trace?

[Darkmouse]

by stack trace, do you mean the error message?

[August]

Yes. It should show each line/method call where something went wrong.

[Darkmouse]

It looks like it's an issue with require-relative. I have posted the full trace

[August]

It looks like you need the win32console gem.

[Darkmouse]

Well that seems to solve one problem, but now I ran into a different one. I will have to edit my post