# How to remove uninstall jekyll because traceback error

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**Created:** [July 21, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/how-to-remove-uninstall-jekyll-because-traceback-error/4734 "2020-07-21T01:32:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/how-to-remove-uninstall-jekyll-because-traceback-error/4734/1 "2020-07-21T01:32:57Z")

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I’ve made a bit of a mess of my ruby and jekyll.

If I run:

```
$ jekyll

```

I get:

```
Traceback (most recent call last):
	16: from /home/rene/gems/bin/jekyll:23:in `<main>'
	15: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems.rb:309:in `activate_bin_path'
	14: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems.rb:309:in `synchronize'
	13: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems.rb:310:in `block in activate_bin_path'
	12: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1440:in `activate'
	11: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1458:in `activate_dependencies'
	10: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1458:in `each'
	 9: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1472:in `block in activate_dependencies'
	 8: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1440:in `activate'
	 7: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1458:in `activate_dependencies'
	 6: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1458:in `each'
	 5: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1472:in `block in activate_dependencies'
	 4: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1440:in `activate'
	 3: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1458:in `activate_dependencies'
	 2: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1458:in `each'
	 1: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1469:in `block in activate_dependencies'
/usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/dependency.rb:310:in `to_specs': Could not find 'ffi' (~> 1.9) among 51 total gem(s) (Gem::MissingSpecError)
Checked in 'GEM_PATH=/home/rene/.gem/ruby/2.5.0:/var/lib/gems/2.5.0:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/rubygems-integration/2.5.0:/usr/share/rubygems-integration/2.5.0:/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all:/home/rene/gems', execute `gem env` for more information

```

then i try:

`$ which jekyll`

and that results with:

`/home/rene/gems/bin/jekyll`

What do I need to do to troubleshoot this?

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**Author:** ![redahe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/redahe/32/2687_2.png) [@redahe](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/redahe)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/how-to-remove-uninstall-jekyll-because-traceback-error/4734/2 "2020-07-21T01:36:39Z")

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And if I run:

```
$ bundle exec jekyll build
Could not locate Gemfile or .bundle/ directory

```

I’m worried I’ve installed jekyll twice and that is part of the problem.

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**Author:** ![rdyar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/rdyar/32/710_2.png) [@rdyar](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/rdyar)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/how-to-remove-uninstall-jekyll-because-traceback-error/4734/3 "2020-07-21T04:16:35Z")

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you probably have ruby installed twice - try uninstalling it and then check if ruby is installed and then re-install ruby.

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**Author:** ![redahe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/redahe/32/2687_2.png) [@redahe](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/redahe)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/how-to-remove-uninstall-jekyll-because-traceback-error/4734/4 "2020-07-21T17:27:21Z")

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Good idea.

```
$ which ruby
/usr/bin/ruby

$ ruby --version
ruby 2.5.1p57 (2018-03-29 revision 63029) [x86_64-linux-gnu]

$ which gem
/usr/bin/gem

$ gem --version
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb:10: warning: constant Gem::ConfigMap is deprecated
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb:10: warning: constant Gem::ConfigMap is deprecated
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb:29: warning: constant Gem::ConfigMap is deprecated
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb:30: warning: constant Gem::ConfigMap is deprecated
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb:10: warning: constant Gem::ConfigMap is deprecated
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb:10: warning: constant Gem::ConfigMap is deprecated
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb:29: warning: constant Gem::ConfigMap is deprecated
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb:30: warning: constant Gem::ConfigMap is deprecated
3.1.4

```

If I had it installed twice it should show up from the which command. I found this issues thread on github but I don’t understand what I should do for the fix:

> <https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/issues/3068>
>
> I'm having a problem
> My current problem is I'm running the latest version of ruby gems and I'm seeing deprecation warnings:
> $ gem...

The problem was first noticed when making updates to a jekyll site I was working on. I tried updating everything with `$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade` and ` gem update --system` but it only made the problem worse. Here is my system info if that is any help:

```
$ uname -a
Linux MSI-7817 4.15.0-112-generic #113-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jul 9 23:41:39 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

```

Since then, I have also restored my .bashrc file hoping to address some conflicts:

```
alias ll='ls -alF'
alias la='ls -A'
alias l='ls -CF'

# Add an "alert" alias for long running commands. Use like so:
# sleep 10; alert
alias alert='notify-send --urgency=low -i "$([$? = 0] && echo terminal || ech$

# Alias definitions.
# You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like
# ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly.
# See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package.

if [-f ~/.bash_aliases]; then
    . ~/.bash_aliases
fi

# enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable
# this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile

^G Get Help ^O Write Out ^W Where Is ^K Cut Text ^J Justify ^C Cur Pos
^X Exit ^R Read File ^\ Replace ^U Uncut Text^T To Spell ^_ Go To Line
```

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/how-to-remove-uninstall-jekyll-because-traceback-error/4734/5 "2020-07-21T19:13:16Z")

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> [@redahe](#):
>
> `Checked in 'GEM_PATH=/home/rene/.gem/ruby/2.5.0`

so I have very little idea how this works, so I can’t help much, and not exactly sure this is the problem, but maybe you only have ruby installed once, but it sure looks like you have gems in two places - some in the path above and some at usr/lib/ruby.

Or maybe just that path is wrong?

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/how-to-remove-uninstall-jekyll-because-traceback-error/4734/6 "2020-07-21T19:15:54Z")

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> [@redahe](#):
>
> ```auto
> $ which gem
> /usr/bin/gem
> 
> ```

not sure why it points there with that command yet your error at the top is looking somewhere else.

Course this could just be where I have no idea what I am doing and they are the same place? I’m not good with this stuff, just noticing the path differences.

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/how-to-remove-uninstall-jekyll-because-traceback-error/4734/7 "2020-07-21T19:42:11Z")

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Yeah I think you’re right that it is one of those two (or both) situations.

Maybe, when I was trying to fix I reinstalled rubygems in a duplicate place and edited the PATH to break it altogether. I’m sure there is a solution or work around but I can’t figure it out yet.

Thanks.

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/how-to-remove-uninstall-jekyll-because-traceback-error/4734/8 "2020-07-21T20:28:08Z")

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I’d still try uninstalling, checking to make sure it is gone and then re-install ruby.

Maybe first try: `gem env` and see what that says.

I think your path is incorrect for ruby, in your first post where it says `checked in Gem Path` there are a bunch of paths separated by colons? at least I think that is what it is. I’m guessing that is a problem. I think when you re-install ruby it will reset this for you? though maybe it just appends to the list?

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/how-to-remove-uninstall-jekyll-because-traceback-error/4734/9 "2020-07-21T23:50:44Z")

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I did notice the PATH may have had a conflict, and so I restored a clean `.bashrc` and `.profile`

I have tried to uninstall and reinstall ruby but no change. This is result of gem env:

```
$ gem env
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb:10: warning: constant Gem::ConfigMap is deprecated
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb:10: warning: constant Gem::ConfigMap is deprecated
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb:29: warning: constant Gem::ConfigMap is deprecated
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb:30: warning: constant Gem::ConfigMap is deprecated
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb:10: warning: constant Gem::ConfigMap is deprecated
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb:10: warning: constant Gem::ConfigMap is deprecated
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb:29: warning: constant Gem::ConfigMap is deprecated
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb:30: warning: constant Gem::ConfigMap is deprecated
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb:10: warning: constant Gem::ConfigMap is deprecated
RubyGems Environment:
  - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 3.1.4
  - RUBY VERSION: 2.5.1 (2018-03-29 patchlevel 57) [x86_64-linux-gnu]
  - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /var/lib/gems/2.5.0
  - USER INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /home/rene/.gem/ruby/2.5.0
  - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /usr/bin/ruby2.5
  - GIT EXECUTABLE: /usr/bin/git
  - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/local/bin
  - SPEC CACHE DIRECTORY: /home/rene/.gem/specs
  - SYSTEM CONFIGURATION DIRECTORY: /etc
  - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    - ruby
    - x86_64-linux
  - GEM PATHS:
     - /var/lib/gems/2.5.0
     - /home/rene/.gem/ruby/2.5.0
     - /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/rubygems-integration/2.5.0
     - /usr/share/rubygems-integration/2.5.0
     - /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all
  - GEM CONFIGURATION:
     - :update_sources => true
     - :verbose => true
     - :backtrace => false
     - :bulk_threshold => 1000
  - REMOTE SOURCES:
     - https://rubygems.org/
  - SHELL PATH:
     - /usr/local/sbin
     - /usr/local/bin
     - /usr/sbin
     - /usr/bin
     - /sbin
     - /bin
     - /usr/games
     - /usr/local/games
     - /snap/bin

```

**How do I** :

1. change the configuration file?
2. change the PATH
3. completely remove rubygems and the then reinstall

Thanks again.

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**Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/how-to-remove-uninstall-jekyll-because-traceback-error/4734/10 "2020-10-22T22:47:07Z")

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My solution:

- Cleaned up my PATH
- verified up to date dependencies, packages, and environment
- created a new folder

The problem was trying to update the site using `bundle exec jekyll serve` with a different version of ruby/gems/jekyll

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**Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/how-to-remove-uninstall-jekyll-because-traceback-error/4734/11 "2021-06-11T16:07:17Z")

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hi redahe,  
I’m experiencing the same issue you went through.  
Can you provide specifically what you did to solve this?  
How did you clean up your PATH?

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**Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/how-to-remove-uninstall-jekyll-because-traceback-error/4734/12 "2021-06-11T19:15:45Z")

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Unfortunately, I do not keep excellent records, so I can’t say exactly what I did. What I do know, that I did not include in my previous post, is that my PATH was made messy because of my installation of Anaconda. After I uninstalled Anaconda, I cleaned up my PATH.

Like I mentioned, I don’t know how exactly I did it before, but I checked my web browser history and this was the page I looked at, at around that time:

- [https://www.howtogeek.com/658904/how-to-add-a-directory-to-your-path-in-linux/](https://www.howtogeek.com/658904/how-to-add-a-directory-to-your-path-in-linux/)
- [Learn How to Set Your $PATH Variables Permanently in Linux](https://www.tecmint.com/set-path-variable-linux-permanently/)

After I uninstalled Anaconda, I removed that list in the PATH then reinstalled the Jekyll stuff.