Why does bundle exec puma fail with a Gemfile syntax error?

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I'm trying to deploy a Rails 4 app with capistrano 3 to Ubuntu 12.04. I'm using the capistrano3-puma gem to handle configuring puma, but when it tries to bundle exec puma I get this error:

Gemfile syntax error: (Bundler::GemfileError)
/srv/photo_album/releases/20140607043918/Gemfile:41: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting kEND
...sprockets_better_errors', git: 'git@github.com:RobinClowers/...

I'm able bundle exec rails just fine from this machine just fine, so I think there is something else going on. That error looks like ruby 1.8 trying to parse 1.9 hash syntax...

Here is a gist of my Gemfile: https://gist.github.com/RobinClowers/f19cf819d2fb34ff89e1 — Robin Clowers, Jun 11 '14 at 04:52

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 11 '14 at 05:38

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I figured this out. I accidentally installed puma with the system ruby (which is 1.8.7), and I had not run bundle install yet, so there was no 2.1.1 version install for it to find.

answered Jun 11 '14 at 05:38

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Why does bundle exec puma fail with a Gemfile syntax error?

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