How to use rails3 with RedCloth. require 'RedCloth' not working

Question

I have installed RedCloth, by using the devkit. Using gem install RedCloth.

If I use plain irb, then require 'RedCloth' works fine.

But if I use rails console and do require 'RedCloth', it says it can't find file to load.

Please help.

Rails 3.0.0 RedCloth 4.2.3

Answer 1

Is RedClotch included in your Gemfile, and have you run bundle install since updating your Gemfile?

I don't believe Rails 3 will allow you to include gems that are not in the Gemfile. I'm not quite sure about the inner workings of bundler, but I believe the Rails app considers your Gemfile it's "only source" for loading gems.