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Unable to install SproutCore

I used 

rvm 1.8.7 do gem install sproutcore

It was installed successfully, but now on running sproutcore gen project getting_started it gives me the following errors:

/Users/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p370/gems/sproutcore-1.8.2.1/vendor/chance/lib/chance/instance/slicing.rb:22: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting '}'
            mtime: file[:mtime],
                  ^
/Users/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p370/gems/sproutcore-1.8.2.1/vendor/chance/lib/chance/instance/slicing.rb:23: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting '='
            canvas: canvas
                   ^
/Users/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p370/gems/sproutcore-1.8.2.1/vendor/chance/lib/chance/instance/slicing.rb:234: syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting kEND
Solution

  • I think this is a "known bug" with Ruby 1.8.7 as it's using some syntax that is only available in 1.9.

    You should probably try upgrading to Ruby 1.9.2 or 1.9.3 which should fix the issue.