problem with rails instalation need 2.3.8 after installation still getting "rails -v" = "Rails 2.3.5"

Question

I'm trying to setup clockingit but...

even after gem install -v=2.3.8 rails 1 gem installed

i'm getting

rails -v Rails 2.3.5

I need 2.3.8 to rake the gems for clockingit help greatly apreciated

Answer 1

Try gem install -v 2.3.8 rails (no equal sign). You should also check if the version of Ruby on Rails installed through RubyGems is used at all. Maybe a version of Ruby on Rails installed through the package management of your operating system overlaps the version installed through RubyGems.

Answer 2

Try to use rvm. It is dead simple to deal with, and makes managing gems very easy. If you already on rvm, try to create another gemset rvm gemset create new_gemset and the try to install rails