# Liquid Exception: uninitialized constant Jekyll::Utils::Rouge **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [March 3, 2019, 6:06am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/liquid-exception-uninitialized-constant-jekyll-rouge/2696 "2019-03-03T06:06:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bob.parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bob.parker](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/bob.parker)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 6:06am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/liquid-exception-uninitialized-constant-jekyll-rouge/2696/1 "2019-03-03T06:06:13Z")
The title is the error I get when I try ‘jekyll build’ I haven’t done anything on my blog since last November, so after I got the error on my first build I tried ‘bundle update’ and repeated the build command. Nothing changed. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2019, 6:49am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/liquid-exception-uninitialized-constant-jekyll-rouge/2696/2 "2019-03-03T06:49:38Z")
Can you run `jekyll build --trace` and paste the output here? Do you have rouge installed? ---
**Author:** ![bob.parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bob.parker](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/bob.parker)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 9:37am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/liquid-exception-uninitialized-constant-jekyll-rouge/2696/3 "2019-03-03T09:37:37Z")
I installed rouge. No change in result. Here the trace output: /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/jekyll-3.7.4/lib/jekyll/drops/document\_drop.rb:8: warning: already initialized constant Jekyll::Drops::DocumentDrop::NESTED\_OBJECT\_FIELD\_BLACKLIST /usr/lib/ruby/vendor\_ruby/jekyll/drops/document\_drop.rb:8: warning: previous definition of NESTED\_OBJECT\_FIELD\_BLACKLIST was here /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/jekyll-3.7.4/lib/jekyll/drops/drop.rb:8: warning: already initialized constant Jekyll::Drops::Drop::NON\_CONTENT\_METHODS /usr/lib/ruby/vendor\_ruby/jekyll/drops/drop.rb:8: warning: previous definition of NON\_CONTENT\_METHODS was here Configuration file: /home/bob/Documents/Webpages/Jekyll/blog/\_config.yml Source: /home/bob/Documents/Webpages/Jekyll/blog Destination: /home/bob/Documents/Webpages/Jekyll/blog/\_site Incremental build: disabled. Enable with --incremental Generating… Liquid Exception: uninitialized constant Jekyll::Utils::Rouge Did you mean? Rouge in /home/bob/Documents/Webpages/Jekyll/blog/\_posts/2018-05-07-welcome-to-jekyll.markdown Traceback (most recent call last): 32: from /usr/local/bin/jekyll:23:in `
' 31: from /usr/local/bin/jekyll:23:in`load’ 30: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/jekyll-3.7.4/exe/jekyll:15:in `' 29: from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/mercenary.rb:19:in`program’ 28: from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor\_ruby/mercenary/program.rb:42:in `go' 27: from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/mercenary/command.rb:220:in`execute’ 26: from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor\_ruby/mercenary/command.rb:220:in `each' 25: from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/mercenary/command.rb:220:in`block in execute’ 24: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/jekyll-3.7.4/lib/jekyll/commands/build.rb:18:in `block (2 levels) in init_with_program' 23: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/jekyll-3.7.4/lib/jekyll/commands/build.rb:36:in`process’ 22: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/jekyll-3.7.4/lib/jekyll/commands/build.rb:65:in `build' 21: from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/jekyll/command.rb:26:in`process\_site’ 20: from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor\_ruby/jekyll/site.rb:59:in `process' 19: from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/jekyll/site.rb:168:in`render’ 18: from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor\_ruby/jekyll/site.rb:168:in `each' 17: from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/jekyll/site.rb:169:in`block in render’ 16: from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor\_ruby/jekyll/site.rb:169:in `each' 15: from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/jekyll/site.rb:171:in`block (2 levels) in render’ 14: from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor\_ruby/jekyll/renderer.rb:61:in `run' 13: from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/jekyll/renderer.rb:106:in`render\_liquid’ 12: from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor\_ruby/jekyll/liquid\_renderer/file.rb:26:in `render!' 11: from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/jekyll/liquid_renderer/file.rb:43:in`measure\_time’ 10: from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor\_ruby/jekyll/liquid\_renderer/file.rb:27:in `block in render!' 9: from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/jekyll/liquid_renderer/file.rb:36:in`measure\_bytes’ 8: from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor\_ruby/jekyll/liquid\_renderer/file.rb:28:in `block (2 levels) in render!' 7: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/liquid-4.0.1/lib/liquid/template.rb:220:in`render!’ 6: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/liquid-4.0.1/lib/liquid/template.rb:207:in `render' 5: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/liquid-4.0.1/lib/liquid/template.rb:242:in`with\_profiling’ 4: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/liquid-4.0.1/lib/liquid/template.rb:208:in `block in render' 3: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/liquid-4.0.1/lib/liquid/block_body.rb:82:in`render’ 2: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/liquid-4.0.1/lib/liquid/block\_body.rb:102:in `render_node_to_output' 1: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/jekyll-3.7.4/lib/jekyll/tags/highlight.rb:43:in`render’ /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/jekyll-3.7.4/lib/jekyll/tags/highlight.rb:114:in `render\_rouge’: uninitialized constant Jekyll::Utils::Rouge (NameError) Did you mean? Rouge ---
**Author:** ![ashmaroli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@ashmaroli](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/ashmaroli)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 10:59am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/liquid-exception-uninitialized-constant-jekyll-rouge/2696/4 "2019-03-03T10:59:59Z")
@bob.parker Does running `bundle exec jekyll build` help? If not, please post the link to your repository. ---
**Author:** ![bob.parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bob.parker](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/bob.parker)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 11:12am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/liquid-exception-uninitialized-constant-jekyll-rouge/2696/5 "2019-03-03T11:12:53Z")
bundle exec jekyll build gives the same error: Liquid Exception: uninitialized constant Jekyll::Utils::Rouge Did you mean? Rouge in /home/bob/Documents/Webpages/Jekyll/blog/\_posts/2018-05-07-welcome-to-jekyll.markdown jekyll 3.1.6 | Error: uninitialized constant Jekyll::Utils::Rouge Here is the link to my blog: [https://rlp1938.github.io/blog/](https://rlp1938.github.io/blog/) Of course this was generated when my system was working. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![ashmaroli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@ashmaroli](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/ashmaroli)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 11:41am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/liquid-exception-uninitialized-constant-jekyll-rouge/2696/6 "2019-03-03T11:41:52Z")
I cloned your blog’s repo at [https://github.com/rlp1938/blog](https://github.com/rlp1938/blog) and tried building **as is** … There was **no error.** ```nohighlight $ git clone https://github.com/rlp1938/blog.git bobs_blog $ cd bobs_blog $ bundle install $ bundle exec jekyll build ``` ---
**Author:** ![bob.parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bob.parker](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/bob.parker)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 11:56am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/liquid-exception-uninitialized-constant-jekyll-rouge/2696/7 "2019-03-03T11:56:18Z")
Thank you for your effort on this. I recall now that I had a forced restore of my home directory between my last successful blog and now. So it looks like there has been some ‘bit rot’ of what was restored. I don’t have a lot of practical knowledge of Ruby or of the other software involved so I don’t really know what next steps I should take to remedy the situation. ---
**Author:** ![ashmaroli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@ashmaroli](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/ashmaroli)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 11:59am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/liquid-exception-uninitialized-constant-jekyll-rouge/2696/8 "2019-03-03T11:59:07Z")
The issue could be from `/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/jekyll/` Move into the location `/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/` and delete the `jekyll` directory there. ---
**Author:** ![bob.parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bob.parker](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/bob.parker)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 12:41pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/liquid-exception-uninitialized-constant-jekyll-rouge/2696/9 "2019-03-03T12:41:03Z")
I deleted `/usr/lib/ruby/vendor\_ruby/jekyll/ and reinstalled from the xubuntu repo Then did gem update which took some time. then: gem install bundler results 1. jekyll build Traceback (most recent call last): 10: from /usr/local/bin/jekyll:23:in `
' 9: from /usr/local/bin/jekyll:23:in`load’ 8: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/jekyll-3.8.5/exe/jekyll:8:in `' 7: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:59:in`require’ 6: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:59:in `require' 5: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/jekyll-3.8.5/lib/jekyll.rb:200:in`\’ 4: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:59:in `require' 3: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:59:in`require’ 2: from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor\_ruby/jekyll-sass-converter.rb:4:in `' 1: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:59:in`require’ /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:59:in `require’: cannot load such file – jekyll/converters/scss (LoadError) 2. bundle exec jekyll build Traceback (most recent call last): 2: from /home/bob/.rbenv/versions/2.5.1/bin/bundle:23:in `
' 1: from /home/bob/.rbenv/versions/2.5.1/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems.rb:308:in`activate\_bin\_path’ /home/bob/.rbenv/versions/2.5.1/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems.rb:289:in `find_spec_for_exe': can't find gem bundler (>= 0.a) with executable bundle (Gem::GemNotFoundException) Traceback (most recent call last): 2: from /home/bob/.rbenv/versions/2.5.1/bin/bundle:23:in`’ 1: from /home/bob/.rbenv/versions/2.5.1/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems.rb:308:in `activate_bin_path' /home/bob/.rbenv/versions/2.5.1/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems.rb:289:in`find\_spec\_for\_exe’: can’t find gem bundler (\>= 0.a) with executable bundle (Gem::GemNotFoundException) ---
**Author:** ![ashmaroli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@ashmaroli](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/ashmaroli)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/liquid-exception-uninitialized-constant-jekyll-rouge/2696/10 "2019-03-03T14:18:01Z")
> [@bob.parker](#): > > reinstalled from the xubuntu repo I don’t know why you had to reinstall but typically `lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/` does not contain `jekyll` nor any of its dependencies and other jekyll plugins. It is not required for the proper functioning of Ruby. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/liquid-exception-uninitialized-constant-jekyll-rouge/2696/11 "2019-03-03T17:16:59Z")
maybe you have 2 versions of ruby installed? this seems suspicious to me - but I am not very knowledgeable of ruby: `.rbenv/versions/2.5.1/lib/ruby/2.5.0` is it 2.5.0 or 2.5.1? ---
**Author:** ![bob.parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bob.parker](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/bob.parker)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 12:25am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/liquid-exception-uninitialized-constant-jekyll-rouge/2696/12 "2019-03-04T00:25:57Z")
I’m in the same boat about Ruby. The path you show is the same on my system. I think I am at the point where I’ll do a full system search for everything Ruby and purge the lot and start over with the installation of it all. ---
**Author:** ![bob.parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bob.parker](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/bob.parker)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 7:58am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/liquid-exception-uninitialized-constant-jekyll-rouge/2696/13 "2019-03-07T07:58:30Z")
I did purge and re-install everything. I had to install a few gems in addition and finally it is working. I do still have a problem using the --watch switch though I have installed the required gem. I will close this and treat --watch as a separate issue.