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Asked: 2026-05-21T11:27:09+00:00

Using a fresh install of Ruby 1.9.2 (via RVM), Textmate, and the Handcrafted Haml

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Using a fresh install of Ruby 1.9.2 (via RVM), Textmate, and the Handcrafted Haml bundle, I get the following error when trying to use it:

/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:827:in
report_activate_error’: Could not find
RubyGem haml (>= 0) (Gem::LoadError)
from
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:261:inactivate’
from
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:68:in `gem’ from -e:1

I ran sudo gem install haml and it installed successfully. The output of ruby -v is 1.9.2p180. It seems like TextMate is still looking for my system (Mac OS X) version of Ruby, not the new one (1.9.2) I installed. When I look at the gemsets for my RVM-managed Ruby 1.9.2 installation, the Haml gem is loaded. Any thoughts on how to get TextMate to search for the gem in my new/correct gemset?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You need to tell TextMate which Ruby to use. As you guessed and can see from the error, the PATH for TextMate causes it to use /usr/bin/ruby. See these questions and their answers:

    I personally use my own non-RVM hand-compiled Ruby in /usr/local/bin and so I go into
    TextMate->Preferences->Advanced->Shell Variables
    and create a variable named PATH that is set to
    /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

    Note that I’ve put /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin so that my ruby is found before the system’s.

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