I am also experiencing this issue. I am on Ubuntu 12.10 x64 with a US locale, and upon running rbot receive this output:
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rbot/ircbot.rb:976: warning: assigned but unused variable - e /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rbot/rbotconfig.rb:36: warning: assigned but unused variable - gemname NOTE: Gem.source_index is deprecated, use Specification. It will be removed on or after 2011-11-01. Gem.source_index called from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rbot/rbotconfig.rb:36. D, [2013/08/15 23:13:45#15449] DEBUG -- ircbot.rb:127:in `<top (required)>': debug test I, [2013/08/15 23:13:45#15449] INFO -- ircbot.rb:128:in `<top (required)>': log test W, [2013/08/15 23:13:45#15449] WARN -- ircbot.rb:129:in `<top (required)>': warning test E, [2013/08/15 23:13:45#15449] ERROR -- ircbot.rb:130:in `<top (required)>': error test F, [2013/08/15 23:13:45#15449] FATAL -- ircbot.rb:131:in `<top (required)>': fatal test D, [2013/08/15 23:13:45#15449] DEBUG -- rbotconfig.rb:28:in `<module:Config>': trying to load rubygems D, [2013/08/15 23:13:45#15449] DEBUG -- rbotconfig.rb:35:in `<module:Config>': loaded rubygems, looking for rbot version 0.9.15 (rbot-0.9.15) NOTE: Gem::SourceIndex#each is deprecated with no replacement. It will be removed on or after 2011-11-01. Gem::SourceIndex#each called from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rbot/rbotconfig.rb:36. D, [2013/08/15 23:13:45#15449] DEBUG -- rbotconfig.rb:37:in `<module:Config>': got gem D, [2013/08/15 23:13:45#15449] DEBUG -- rbotconfig.rb:43:in `<module:Config>': not installed via rubygems /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rbot/load-gettext.rb:74: warning: assigned but unused variable - ret /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gettext/runtime/textdomain_manager.rb:82: warning: assigned but unused variable - msg /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gettext/runtime/mofile.rb:188: warning: assigned but unused variable - i /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gettext/runtime/locale_path.rb:88: warning: `%' after local variable is interpreted as binary operator /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gettext/runtime/locale_path.rb:88: warning: even though it seems like string literal /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gettext/runtime/locale_path.rb:101: warning: assigned but unused variable - search_files /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gettext/runtime/locale_path.rb:65:in `%': key{locale} not found (KeyError) from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gettext/runtime/locale_path.rb:65:in `block in default_path_rules' from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gettext/runtime/locale_path.rb:64:in `select' from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gettext/runtime/locale_path.rb:64:in `default_path_rules' from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/locale/util/memoizable.rb:80:in `block in default_path_rules' from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/locale/util/memoizable.rb:95:in `block in _memoize_dup' from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/locale/util/memoizable.rb:87:in `_memoize' from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/locale/util/memoizable.rb:95:in `_memoize_dup' from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/locale/util/memoizable.rb:79:in `default_path_rules' from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gettext/runtime/locale_path.rb:82:in `initialize' from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gettext/runtime/textdomain.rb:62:in `new' from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gettext/runtime/textdomain.rb:62:in `initialize' from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gettext/runtime/textdomain_manager.rb:227:in `new' from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gettext/runtime/textdomain_manager.rb:227:in `create_or_find_textdomain' from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gettext/runtime/textdomain_manager.rb:71:in `bind_to' from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gettext.rb:85:in `bindtextdomain_to' from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gettext.rb:66:in `bindtextdomain' from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rbot/load-gettext.rb:44:in `<top (required)>' from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require' from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require' from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rbot/ircbot.rb:144:in `<top (required)>' from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require' from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require' from /usr/bin/rbot:94:in `<main>' Note that I first manually installed rbot from source and then had to manually uninstall it, before finally installing the rbot package with apt-get, and that might be related. I have exactly the same versions of rbot and ruby as the OP. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1084761 Title: rbot fails to load, possible ruby/gettext issue To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rbot/+bug/1084761/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs