Ruby AMQP uninitialized constant error - ruby

Question

I was trying out this code (got from an online article here: http://www.randomhacks.net/articles/2009/05/08/chat-client-ruby-amqp-eventmachine-shoes)
require 'rubygems'
gem 'amqp'
require 'mq'
unless ARGV.length == 2
STDERR.puts "Usage: #{$0} "
exit 1
end
$channel, $nick = ARGV
AMQP.start(:host => 'localhost') do
$chat = MQ.topic('chat')
# Print any messages on our channel.
queue = MQ.queue($nick)
queue.bind('chat', :key => $channel)
queue.subscribe do |msg|
if msg.index("#{$nick}:") != 0
puts msg
end
end
# Forward console input to our channel.
module KeyboardInput
include EM::Protocols::LineText2
def receive_line data
$chat.publish("#{$nick}: #{data}",
:routing_key => $channel)
end
end
EM.open_keyboard(KeyboardInput)
end
But ended up the following error:
chat.rb:11:in `': uninitialized constant AMQP (NameError)
After that, I tried different example code with AMQP at my dev env but all shows me that error. So the problem is not in the code, the problem with my dev env. Can anybody point me out the issues with my dev env. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I have AMQP installed and integrated with Ruby (via the bunny gem). Maybe I can help?
Most likely the gem install failed to compile the amqp libs. Uninstall the gem and reinstall, taking a very close look at the messages produced. Possibly you're only missing some third-party libs.
Which platform are you on?