Can't start WEBrick with Byebug on

Question

When I try to run rails server, I get the following:

bin/rails:6: warning: already initialized constant APP_PATH

The only way I managed to start WEBrick is by commenting out gem 'byebug' in the Gemfile.

At first I though it was Byebug's fault, but trying to run rails console gives me:

/home/fabio/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:in `require': cannot load such file -- readline (LoadError)
from /home/fabio/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:in `block in require'
from /home/fabio/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:240:in `load_dependency'
[...]

It seems I messed up at some point of the installation, but where?

Just to make sure, did you run `bundle install` after each time you changed your `Gemfile`? — Jordan Running, Dec 30 '14 at 21:02
Why are you using Byebug? It's a debugger and isn't useful in normally running programs. — the Tin Man, Dec 30 '14 at 21:22
It's a default. All I did was: `gem install rails; rails new test_app` — Fábio Queluci, Dec 30 '14 at 21:57

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 01 '15 at 23:30

I traced my steps back and found some info on the ruby-build page that could be related.

I ran $sudo apt-get install autoconf bison build-essential libssl-dev libyaml-dev libreadline6-dev zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libffi-dev as suggested and reinstalled ruby (using rbenv).

Rails runs just fine now, no need to comment out Byebug. I can also run rails console now.

Can't start WEBrick with Byebug on

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