in `latest_partials’: undefined method `[]‘ for nil:NilClass

Posted on June 19th, 2007 by Alex Gorbatchev. In Ruby. 4 comments!

If you are suddenly getting in `latest_partials': undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass error when calling some gem methods like Gem.latest_load_paths or Gem.path, check your gems folder (on a PC it’s /Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems). Make sure there are no foreign folders or files in there. Rubygems expects all folders to be in <name>-<version> format.

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4 comments.

Eric

June 21st, 6:47 pm #

Thanks! I’ve been struggling with this on autotest for a couple weeks now – and your the first place that gave me the correct answer.
Nigel

August 30th, 5:28 pm #

Mate, I have this issue too. What do you mean by foreign folders?

Cheers
Nigel
Alex Gorbatchev

August 30th, 7:06 pm #

If there are any folders or files which don’t fit the format [name]-[version] you will get that error.
Matt

November 20th, 8:56 am #

Thanks! That did it. Mac users: just run Gem.path from console if you need to know your gem path. Mine was /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/

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