I tried upgrading from 1.8 to 1.9 but ./launcher rebuild app fails. Here’s some lines I think important: I, [2017-08-02T06:27:53.765784 #15] INFO -- : > cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake db:migrate' rake aborted! Gem::LoadError: Could not find 'rest-client' (>= 0) among 173 total gem(s) Checked in 'GEM_PATH=/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0', execute `gem env` for more information /var/www/discourse/lib/plugin_gem.rb:18:in `load' /var/www/discourse/lib/plugin/instance.rb:379:in `gem' /var/www/discourse/plugins/df-core/plugin.rb:27:in `activate!' /var/www/discourse/lib/plugin/instance.rb:326:in `instance_eval' /var/www/discourse/lib/plugin/instance.rb:326:in `activate!' /var/www/discourse/lib/discourse.rb:125:in `block in activate_plugins!' /var/www/discourse/lib/discourse.rb:122:in `each' /var/www/discourse/lib/discourse.rb:122:in `activate_plugins!' /var/www/discourse/config/application.rb:179:in ` ' /var/www/discourse/config/application.rb:26:in ` ' /var/www/discourse/config/application.rb:25:in ` ' /var/www/discourse/Rakefile:5:in `require' /var/www/discourse/Rakefile:5:in ` ' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/rake-12.0.0/exe/rake:27:in ` ' /usr/local/bin/bundle:22:in `load' /usr/local/bin/bundle:22:in ` ' Help very much appreciated.

You’re running a plugin (df-core, by the look of it) that needs to be updated to be 1.9 compatible. The rest-client gem got removed from core, so now plugins have to specify that themselves if they want it.

You are right. I actually don’t use it. I have cloned it in my own repo and commented most of it out to get around this error. Any advice on getting around any of these errors? How would I go about requiring the gem if that’s the easiest fix to get up and running?

Again, thank you. I killed line 27 and some lines below that and everything is back up :slight_smile:

Failed rebuild (Could not find 'rest-client)

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mpalmer (Matt Palmer) August 2, 2017, 6:51am 4

Well, you could comment out the line that’s activating the plugin (line 27, by the look of it), or you could add gem 'rest-client' up the top.

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Failed rebuild (Could not find 'rest-client)

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