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Ruby_Installation_Error_Watir

I'm running into the following error:

#ERROR
C:\Users\Farooq>D:

D:\>irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'rubygems'

=> false

irb(main):002:0> require 'watir'

LoadError: cannot load such file -- watir/loader
        from D:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
        from D:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
        from D:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/commonwatir-4.0.0/lib/watir.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
        from D:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:60:in `require'
        from D:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:60:in `rescue in require'
        from D:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:35:in `require'
        from (irb):2
        from D:/Ruby193/bin/irb:12:in `<main>'
irb(main):003:0>

I have installed the gem watir and my system configurations are as follows:

  • OS:Windows7
  • IE:10
Solution

  • Okay! so looking at the output of gem list --local I can surely tell you that you installed watir-webdriver,not the watir gem.

    You should write it as require 'watir-webdriver'. You also don't need to require 'rubygems',as you are in Ruby1.9.3.

    Here is a simple code using chrome:

    require 'watir-webdriver'
b = Watir::Browser.new :chrome
b.goto 'https://www.google.co.in/'
b.text_field(:id => 'gbqfq').set 'ruby'