title: rake undefined method `gsub' for nil:NilClass
body: <p>I'm hoping there is someone out here with a few encouraging words and a little advice.</p>
  
  <p>I am using Ruby v1.9.2 p290</p>
  
  <p>I've been setting up a new production server and I'm having a terrible time trying to get the new environment to work correctly. Everything is installed and now I'm trying to run <code>rake</code>, but it is giving me an error I can't make any sense of and can't find any internet help on.</p>
  
  <pre><code>deploy@ip-10-99-66-30:~/pm$ rake -v --trace
  rake aborted!
  undefined method `gsub' for nil:NilClass
  /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/bundler-1.1.4/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:77:in `rescue in rescue in block in require'
  /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/bundler-1.1.4/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:72:in `rescue in block in require'
  /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/bundler-1.1.4/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:62:in `block in require'
  /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/bundler-1.1.4/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:55:in `each'
  /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/bundler-1.1.4/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:55:in `require'
  /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/bundler-1.1.4/lib/bundler.rb:119:in `require'
  /home/deploy/pm/config/application.rb:14:in `&lt;top (required)&gt;'
  &lt;internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require&gt;:29:in `require'
  &lt;internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require&gt;:29:in `require'
  /home/deploy/pm/Rakefile:5:in `&lt;top (required)&gt;'
  /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rake-0.9.2/lib/rake/rake_module.rb:25:in `load'
  /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rake-0.9.2/lib/rake/rake_module.rb:25:in `load_rakefile'
  /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rake-0.9.2/lib/rake/application.rb:495:in `raw_load_rakefile'
  /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rake-0.9.2/lib/rake/application.rb:78:in `block in load_rakefile'
  /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rake-0.9.2/lib/rake/application.rb:129:in `standard_exception_handling'
  /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rake-0.9.2/lib/rake/application.rb:77:in `load_rakefile'
  /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rake-0.9.2/lib/rake/application.rb:61:in `block in run'
  /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rake-0.9.2/lib/rake/application.rb:129:in `standard_exception_handling'
  /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rake-0.9.2/lib/rake/application.rb:59:in `run'
  /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rake-0.9.2/bin/rake:32:in `&lt;top (required)&gt;'
  /usr/local/bin/rake:19:in `load'
  /usr/local/bin/rake:19:in `&lt;main&gt;'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is my gem list</p>
  
  <pre><code>actionmailer (3.1.0)
  actionpack (3.1.0)
  activemodel (3.1.0)
  activerecord (3.1.0)
  activeresource (3.1.0)
  activesupport (3.1.0)
  archive-tar-minitar (0.5.2)
  arel (2.2.3)
  bcrypt-ruby (3.0.1)
  builder (3.0.0)
  bundler (1.1.4)
  cancan (1.6.8)
  capybara (1.1.2)
  childprocess (0.3.3)
  client_side_validations (3.1.4)
  cocaine (0.2.1)
  coffee-rails (3.1.1)
  coffee-script (2.2.0)
  coffee-script-source (1.3.3)
  columnize (0.3.6)
  cucumber (1.2.1)
  cucumber-rails (1.3.0)
  daemon_controller (1.0.0)
  database_cleaner (0.8.0)
  devise (1.5.3)
  diff-lcs (1.1.3)
  erubis (2.7.0)
  execjs (1.4.0)
  factory_girl (3.5.0)
  factory_girl_rails (3.5.0)
  faker (1.0.1)
  fastthread (1.0.7)
  ffi (1.0.11)
  geocoder (1.1.2)
  gherkin (2.11.1)
  guard (1.2.3)
  guard-rspec (1.2.0)
  haml (3.1.6)
  haml-rails (0.3.4)
  hike (1.2.1)
  hpricot (0.8.6)
  httparty (0.8.3)
  i18n (0.6.0)
  journey (1.0.4)
  jquery-rails (1.0.19)
  json (1.7.3)
  json_pure (1.7.3)
  jsonify (0.3.1)
  jsonify-rails (0.3.2)
  libv8 (3.3.10.4 x86_64-linux)
  linecache19 (0.5.12)
  listen (0.4.7)
  mail (2.3.3)
  meta_search (1.1.3)
  mime-types (1.19)
  minitest (1.6.0)
  multi_json (1.3.6)
  multi_xml (0.5.1)
  mysql2 (0.3.11)
  nokogiri (1.5.5)
  orm_adapter (0.0.7)
  paperclip (2.7.0)
  passenger (3.0.17)
  polyamorous (0.5.0)
  polyglot (0.3.3)
  rack (1.3.6)
  rack-cache (1.0.3)
  rack-mount (0.8.3)
  rack-ssl (1.3.2)
  rack-test (0.6.1)
  rails (3.1.0)
  rails3-jquery-autocomplete (1.0.7)
  railties (3.1.0)
  rake (0.9.2)
  rb-fchange (0.0.5)
  rb-fsevent (0.9.1)
  rb-inotify (0.8.8)
  rdoc (3.12, 2.5.8)
  remotipart (1.0.2)
  rspec (2.11.0)
  rspec-core (2.11.1)
  rspec-expectations (2.11.3)
  rspec-mocks (2.11.2)
  rspec-rails (2.11.0)
  ruby-debug-base19 (0.11.25)
  ruby-debug19 (0.11.6)
  ruby_core_source (0.1.5)
  ruby_parser (2.3.1)
  rubyzip (0.9.9)
  sass (3.1.20)
  sass-rails (3.1.4)
  selenium-webdriver (2.7.0)
  sexp_processor (3.2.0)
  simple_datatables (0.2.1)
  sprockets (2.0.4)
  therubyracer (0.10.1)
  thor (0.14.6)
  tilt (1.3.3)
  timeliness (0.3.6)
  treetop (1.4.10)
  tzinfo (0.3.33)
  uglifier (1.2.6)
  validates_timeliness (3.0.12)
  warden (1.2.1)
  web-app-theme (0.8.0)
  webrat (0.7.3)
  will_paginate (3.0.3)
  xpath (0.1.4)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've spent several days on this, not much hair left on my head after all the hair pulling.</p>
  
  <p>Any suggestions? Ruby on Rails is an excellent platform to work with, but I'm stumped on this one.</p>