attempting to execute any command starting "rails" yields "Could not locate Gemfile"

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I am trying to install a new rails app. I've already got several rails apps on my machine, all working fine. ``` $ rails new app Could not locate Gemfile ``` Then I figured I'd run a trace to figure out what was going on, as you wouldn't expect to have a `Gemfile` at this point anyway, as typically the above command would create an entire new rails app in a directory named `app` with the `Gemfile` contained within that directory. ``` $ rails new app --trace Could not locate Gemfile ``` So I tried to reinstall everything on my computer via this detailed guide: http://railsapps.github.com/installing-rails.html#gems After the first 20 or so steps, I got to this command: ``` $ rake -v Could not locate Gemfile ``` I assume something is off on my setup somewhere, but I can't see anything off. Here are my rvm settings: ``` $ rvm version rvm 1.18.10 (latest) by Wayne E. Seguin , Michal Papis [https://rvm.io/] $ rvm list rvm rubies jruby-1.6.7 [ x86_6…

Accepted Answer

This errors happens only with commands prefixed with `bundle exec` or for `bundle install` without `Gemfile` in current dir.

My assumption is you might be running commands that enable `bundler`, check:

```
which rake
```

to find out what command is run.

attempting to execute any command starting "rails" yields "Could not locate Gemfile"

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