`require': cannot load such file -- spec_helper (LoadError)

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user4443990 picture user4443990 · Jan 27, 2015 · Viewed 20.2k times · Source

I am creating 

bundler gem --test=rspec MyGem.

in which I'm getting the repository structure.

When I try to run the rspec code I get the following error:

 `require': cannot load such file -- spec_helper (LoadError)

I then try to apply require relative but I still get an error: 

sheetal@ubuntu:~/sheetal/spec$ rspec sheetal_spec.rb 
\/home/sheetal/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require': cannot load such file -- spec_helper (LoadError)
    from /home/sheetal/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
    from /home/sheetal/sheetal/spec/sheetal_spec.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
    from /home/sheetal/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/rspec-core-3.1.7/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1105:in `load'
    from /home/sheetal/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/rspec-core-3.1.7/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1105:in `block in load_spec_files'
    from /home/sheetal/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/rspec-core-3.1.7/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1105:in `each'
    from /home/sheetal/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/rspec-core-3.1.7/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1105:in `load_spec_files'
    from /home/sheetal/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/rspec-core-3.1.7/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:96:in `setup'
    from /home/sheetal/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/rspec-core-3.1.7/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:84:in `run'
    from /home/sheetal/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/rspec-core-3.1.7/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:69:in `run'
    from /home/sheetal/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/rspec-core-3.1.7/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:37:in `invoke'
    from /home/sheetal/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/rspec-core-3.1.7/exe/rspec:4:in `<top (required)>'
    from /home/sheetal/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/bin/rspec:23:in `load'
    from /home/sheetal/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/bin/rspec:23:in `<main>'
    from /home/sheetal/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `eval'
    from /home/sheetal/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `<main>'

Answer

Jesper picture Jesper · Jan 27, 2015

You're running the specs from the spec folder. This messes up the load path. Run specs from the root of your project: ~/sheetal.

rspec spec/sheetal_spec.rb

Rspec adds the spec and lib folders to the load path automatically. If you're already in the spec folder, rspec is going to add spec/spec to the load path instead.

Assuming that you have your code in the lib folder, you would have to add both . and ../lib to the load path if you want to run your tests in the spec folder.

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