Calling require 'rubygems' in irb and rails console results = false.

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I'm trying to use 'awesome_print' gem in irb and rails console but when I call $ require 'rubygems' it results false. I tried reloading but didn't work.

Accepted Answer

The reason it returns false is that RubyGems is already loaded.

To use awesome print in plain irb, you'll just need to include the gem manually, like this:

`require 'awesome_print'`

Or in Rails, you can either chuck it in your Gemfile, or also use `require 'awesome_print'`

Calling require 'rubygems' in irb and rails console results => false.

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