Rails Forem installation assistance

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So i'm quite new to rails and such and I've been trying to install this for the past few hours and have been getting the following error when trying to run rails s, or if I try to install it with rails g forem:install

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-3.2.11/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:245:in `load': /home/forem/config/initializers/session_store.rb:3: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting $end (SyntaxError) ...sion_store :cookie_store, key: '_forums_session' ^ from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-3.2.11/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:245:in

load' from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-3.2.11/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:236:in load_dependency' from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-3.2.11/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:245:in load' from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.2.11/lib/rails/engine.rb:588 from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.2.11/lib/rails/engine.rb:587:in each' from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.2.11/lib/rails/engine.rb:587 from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.2.11/lib/rails/initializable.rb:30:in instance_exec' from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.2.11/lib/rails/initializable.rb:30:in run' from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.2.11/lib/rails/initializable.rb:55:in run_initializers' from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.2.11/lib/rails/initializable.rb:54:in each' from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.2.11/lib/rails/initializable.rb:54:in run_initializers' from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.2.11/lib/rails/application.rb:136:in initialize!' from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.2.11/lib/rails/railtie/configurable.rb:30:in send' from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.2.11/lib/rails/railtie/configurable.rb:30:in method_missing' from /home/forem/config/environment.rb:5 from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-3.2.11/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in require' from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-3.2.11/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in require' from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-3.2.11/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:236:in load_dependency' from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-3.2.11/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in require' from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.2.11/lib/rails/application.rb:103:in require_environment!' from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.2.11/lib/rails/commands.rb:25 from script/rails:6:inrequire' from script/rails:6

So is there something I'm missing here or...?

The one that I downloaded is this one: https://github.com/radar/forem.heroku.com

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ruby-on-railsrubygemforem
what's the content of file : /home/forem/config/initializers/session_store.r ? – Siwei
It contains: # Be sure to restart your server when you modify this file. Forums::Application.config.session_store :cookie_store, key: '_forums_session' # Use the database for sessions instead of the cookie-based default, # which shouldn't be used to store highly confidential information # (create the session table with "rails generate session_migration") # Forums::Application.config.session_store :active_record_store – Frankrd3
What does'ruby -v' say? – cthulhu
It says ruby 1.8.7 (2011-06-30 patchlevel 352) [x86_64-linux] – Frankrd3

1 Answers

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The error you're getting is due to the fact that you're using the Ruby 1.9+ hash syntax in an older version of Ruby that does not support it. You need to either upgrade Ruby to 1.9.2 or 1.9.3, or change the second line of session_store.rb file to be:

# Be sure to restart your server when you modify this file.
Forums::Application.config.session_store :cookie_store, :key => '_forums_session'