LoadError: libncursesw.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Question

I'm using Ruby 2.2.2 with Rails 4.2 when i try to run any rake task i have this error message why is that? and what can i do?

• Ruby 2.2.2
• Rails 4.2
• rbenv
• Arch Linux
• PostgreSQL database

error message

rake aborted! LoadError: libncursesw.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory - /home/adham/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/2.2.0/x86_64-linux/readline.so /home/adham/.gem/ruby/2.2.0/gems/bundler-1.10.6/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:76:in `require' /home/adham/.gem/ruby/2.2.0/gems/bundler-1.10.6/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:76:in `block (2 levels) in require' /home/adham/.gem/ruby/2.2.0/gems/bundler-1.10.6/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:72:in `each' /home/adham/.gem/ruby/2.2.0/gems/bundler-1.10.6/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:72:in `block in require' /home/adham/.gem/ruby/2.2.0/gems/bundler-1.10.6/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:61:in `each' /home/adham/.gem/ruby/2.2.0/gems/bundler-1.10.6/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:61:in `require' /home/adham/.gem/ruby/2.2.0/gems/bundler-1.10.6/lib/bundler.rb:134:in `require' /home/code/kahareb/config/application.rb:7:in `<top (required)>' /home/code/kahareb/Rakefile:4:in `<top (required)>' (See full trace by running task with --trace)

Answer 1

I had the same error message while trying to run rails console after last Arch Linux update, and I solved it reinstalling ruby (using rvm ). Try the following:

$ rvm reinstall 2.2.2