Ruby won't let me import the BigDecimal library - ruby

I tried using require 'bigdecimal', but I got an error saying that it can't load the file.
/usr/share/rubygems/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require': cannot load such file -- bigdecimal (LoadError)
from /usr/share/rubygems/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
What's going on here?

ruby-bigdecimal is a separate package in Cygwin. You'll need to install that.

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Require in ruby

I have the following ruby code:
require 'locationclass'
I have installed the gem locationclass, but it's still giving me the error message:
LoadError: cannot load such file -- locationclass
from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/2.4.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/2.4.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
from (irb):1
from C:/Ruby/bin/irb.cmd:19:in `<main>'
Does anyone know how to fix this?
require command loads files, not gems. As I see the gem "locationclass" has only one file in its lib folder, named main.rb. So to load it you need to call:
require 'main'
Also, it's a bad style to have different names for gem and its main file. Not to mention that name 'main' is too generic.

require 'rubygems' and requre 'RedCloth' is not working. How can I fix it?

I'm learning Ruby from "Beginning Ruby from Novice to Professional" by Peter Cooper. I am on Chapter 7. I have ruby 2.0 installed. I am facing this error:
C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require': cannot load such file -- 2.0/redcloth_scan (LoadError)
When trying to run this code:
require 'rubygems'
require 'RedCloth'
r = RedCloth.new("This is a *test* of _using RedCloth_")
puts r.to_html
I'm getting this result:
ruby redcloth.rb
C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require': cannot load such file -- 2.0/redcloth_scan (LoadError)
Couldn't load 2.0/redcloth_scan
The $LOAD_PATH was:
C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/RedCloth-4.2.9-x86-mingw32/lib
C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/RedCloth-4.2.9-x86-mingw32/lib/case_sensitive_require
C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/RedCloth-4.2.9-x86-mingw32/ext
C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0
C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/i386-msvcrt
C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/site_ruby
C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/2.0.0
C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/2.0.0/i386-msvcrt
C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby
C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/2.0.0
C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/2.0.0/i386-mingw32
from C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
from C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/RedCloth-4.2.9-x86-mingw32/lib/RedCloth.rb:13:in `<top (required)>'
from C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:135:in `require'
from C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:135:in `rescue in require'
from C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:144:in `require'
from redcloth.rb:2:in `<main>'
Exit code: 1
I already installed ruby gems and RedCloth. They didn't give me an errors. If somebody could shed some light on this topic it would be greatly appreciated.
try this:
goto into C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/RedCloth-4.2.9-x86-mingw32/lib
and create a dir named '2.0'.
Then copy redcloth_scan.so from 'C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/RedCloth-4.2.9-x86-mingw32/lib' into '2.0' dir.
I installed in past RedCloth with Ruby 1.9.1.
Actually I suspect that RedCloth doesn't work with Ruby 2.0.
On ruby 2.x.x you need to compile the gem.
For example for the windows ruby 2.2.4:
Setup the DevKit (https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/wiki/Development-Kit)
Run into command window:
gem install RedCloth --platform=ruby
Goto to your installed RedCloth path
lib\ruby\gems\2.2.0\gems\RedCloth-4.2.9\lib
Create there a new directory called "2.2" and copy the file redcloth_scan.so on it.
If you use the gem RedCloth-4.2.9-x86-mingw32, the redcloth_scan.so contains the ruby 1.9 dependency and it doesn't works with ruby 2.2.4.

Link Ruby to crypto library

ruby -e 'require "digest/md5"'
Throws error:
<internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require': libcrypto.so.0.9.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory - /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/armv5tel-linux-eabi/digest/md5.so (LoadError)
from <internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require'
from -e:1:in `<main>'
Any idea how to link Ruby to crypto library?
Trying to run Ruby on Rails on QNAP NAS Server.
Operating system is ARM Linux.
Edit:
Tried to make links to libraries using
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/share/MD0_DATA/.qpkg/Optware/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/armv5tel-linux-eabi/digest:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export RUBYLIB=/share/MD0_DATA/.qpkg/Optware/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/armv5tel-linux-eabi/digest:$RUBYLIB
but i don't know if I'm doing it right.
Solved
ln -s /share/MD0_DATA/.qpkg/Optware/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 /lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8
did the trick.
Following the instructions provided by running rvm requirements solved this for me.

Trying to Run Ruby script in terminal but get ERROR

I am trying to run a ruby script to rename some files but I get the following error:
Eccleshall$ ruby rename.rb
<internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require': no such file to load -- ftools (LoadError)
from <internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require'
from rename.rb:45:in `<main>'
Thanks for the help.
Change to script to say:
require "fileutils"
instead of
require "ftools"
ftools has been deprecated.

Help Getting Started with Mechanize

I'm new to Ruby and just installed Ruby for Windows.
I want to use the mechanize library (https://github.com/tenderlove/mechanize) and so I'm following the guide at https://github.com/tenderlove/mechanize/blob/master/GUIDE.rdoc.
On the Windows cmd line, I installed mechanize by using the cmd "gem install mechanize".
When I run the following code:
require 'rubygems'
require 'mechanize'
agent = Mechanize.new
I get the error:
<internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require': no such file to load -- net/http/digest_auth (LoadError)
from <internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require'
from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mechanize.rb:5:in `<top (required)>'
from <internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require'
from <internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require'
from helloworld.rb:2:in `<main>'
Anybody know what's going on?
It seems that some dependencies are missing. Try to install the net-http-digest_auth gem.
gem install net-http-digest_auth
If that solves this problem and another (related) pops up, it's probable that you are missing the net-http-persistent gem. If that's the case, you know what to do! Just install it too.

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