What is the command you are using to create a new rails app? Just to be sure, type the command into a terminal window and copy / paste the command you typed and the output from rails.
On Friday, May 31, 2013 7:49:14 PM UTC-4, Ruby-Forum.com User wrote: > > ruby -v gives ruby 1.9.3p429 (2013-05-15 revision 40747) [x86_64-linux] > rails -v gives Rails 3.2.13 > gem -v gives 1.8.25 > > Im running ubuntu. I had ruby 1.8.6. I installed gem but it gave an > error when I was trying to get rails through gem, bc i had the old > version of ruby. I got rvm, updated to 1.9.3 and then reinstalled rails. > > It does indeed give the same " Can't initialize a new Rails application > within the directory of another, please change to a non-Rails directory > first" when Im in an empty directory I made from home. > > Thank you for your help by the way. > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/1e479855-b494-4fbe-935a-a6a7f16762a7%40googlegroups.com?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.