file 'lib' not found when installing rails

something like this:

gem install rails
Fetching: activesupport-3.0.10.gem (100%)
Fetching: builder-2.1.2.gem (100%)
WARNING: builder-2.1.2 has an invalid nil value for @cert_chain
Fetching: i18n-0.5.0.gem (100%)
Fetching: activemodel-3.0.10.gem (100%)
Fetching: rack-1.2.3.gem (100%)
Fetching: rack-test-0.5.7.gem (100%)
Fetching: rack-mount-0.6.14.gem (100%)
Fetching: tzinfo-0.3.29.gem (100%)
Fetching: abstract-1.0.0.gem (100%)
WARNING: abstract-1.0.0 has an invalid nil value for @cert_chain
Fetching: erubis-2.6.6.gem (100%)
Fetching: actionpack-3.0.10.gem (100%)
Fetching: arel-2.0.10.gem (100%)
Fetching: activerecord-3.0.10.gem (100%)
Fetching: activeresource-3.0.10.gem (100%)
Fetching: mime-types-1.16.gem (100%)
Fetching: polyglot-0.3.2.gem (100%)
Fetching: treetop-1.4.10.gem (100%)
Fetching: mail-2.2.19.gem (100%)
Fetching: actionmailer-3.0.10.gem (100%)
Fetching: thor-0.14.6.gem (100%)
Fetching: railties-3.0.10.gem (100%)
Fetching: bundler-1.0.18.gem (100%)
Fetching: rails-3.0.10.gem (100%)
Successfully installed activesupport-3.0.10
Successfully installed builder-2.1.2
Successfully installed i18n-0.5.0
Successfully installed activemodel-3.0.10
Successfully installed rack-1.2.3
Successfully installed rack-test-0.5.7
Successfully installed rack-mount-0.6.14
Successfully installed tzinfo-0.3.29
Successfully installed abstract-1.0.0
Successfully installed erubis-2.6.6
Successfully installed actionpack-3.0.10
Successfully installed arel-2.0.10
Successfully installed activerecord-3.0.10
Successfully installed activeresource-3.0.10
Successfully installed mime-types-1.16
Successfully installed polyglot-0.3.2
Successfully installed treetop-1.4.10
Successfully installed mail-2.2.19
Successfully installed actionmailer-3.0.10
Successfully installed thor-0.14.6
Successfully installed railties-3.0.10
Successfully installed bundler-1.0.18
Successfully installed rails-3.0.10
23 gems installed
Installing ri documentation for activesupport-3.0.10...
Installing ri documentation for builder-2.1.2...
unable to convert "\xF1" from ASCII-8BIT to UTF-8 for README, skipping
Installing ri documentation for i18n-0.5.0...
Installing ri documentation for activemodel-3.0.10...
Installing ri documentation for rack-1.2.3...
Installing ri documentation for rack-test-0.5.7...
Installing ri documentation for rack-mount-0.6.14...
Installing ri documentation for tzinfo-0.3.29...
Installing ri documentation for abstract-1.0.0...
Installing ri documentation for erubis-2.6.6...
Installing ri documentation for actionpack-3.0.10...
Installing ri documentation for arel-2.0.10...
Installing ri documentation for activerecord-3.0.10...
Installing ri documentation for activeresource-3.0.10...
Installing ri documentation for mime-types-1.16...
Installing ri documentation for polyglot-0.3.2...
Installing ri documentation for treetop-1.4.10...
Installing ri documentation for mail-2.2.19...
Installing ri documentation for actionmailer-3.0.10...
Installing ri documentation for thor-0.14.6...
Installing ri documentation for railties-3.0.10...
Installing ri documentation for bundler-1.0.18...
Installing ri documentation for rails-3.0.10...
file 'lib' not found
Installing RDoc documentation for activesupport-3.0.10...
Installing RDoc documentation for builder-2.1.2...
unable to convert "\xF1" from ASCII-8BIT to UTF-8 for README, skipping
Installing RDoc documentation for i18n-0.5.0...
Installing RDoc documentation for activemodel-3.0.10...
Installing RDoc documentation for rack-1.2.3...
Installing RDoc documentation for rack-test-0.5.7...
Installing RDoc documentation for rack-mount-0.6.14...
Installing RDoc documentation for tzinfo-0.3.29...
Installing RDoc documentation for abstract-1.0.0...
Installing RDoc documentation for erubis-2.6.6...
Installing RDoc documentation for actionpack-3.0.10...
Installing RDoc documentation for arel-2.0.10...
Installing RDoc documentation for activerecord-3.0.10...
Installing RDoc docu开发者_高级运维mentation for activeresource-3.0.10...
Installing RDoc documentation for mime-types-1.16...
Installing RDoc documentation for polyglot-0.3.2...
Installing RDoc documentation for treetop-1.4.10...
Installing RDoc documentation for mail-2.2.19...
Installing RDoc documentation for actionmailer-3.0.10...
Installing RDoc documentation for thor-0.14.6...
Installing RDoc documentation for railties-3.0.10...
Installing RDoc documentation for bundler-1.0.18...
Installing RDoc documentation for rails-3.0.10...
file 'lib' not found

and if i run rake db:migrate

it says:

  ............
    rake aborted!

stack level too deep

try this :

sudo gem install rails --no-ri --no-rdoc

and if you want to install RDoc use :

sudo gem install rdoc-data
sudo rdoc-data --install
sudo gem rdoc --all --overwrite

if that doesnt work try this :

sudo apt-get install ruby-dev build-essential

Note, the following also seems to work on Windows 7. (omit the "sudo")

gem install rails --no-ri --no-rdoc

I got similar with gem install rails (Ubuntu 12.04, with RVM)

Installing ri documentation for rails-3.2.13...
file 'lib' not found
Installing RDoc documentation for rails-3.2.13...
file 'lib' not found

installing RDoc and then reinstalling rails solved the problem for me. So:

gem install rdoc
gem install rails

This is still happening on rails-3.2.3.

What appears to work is to install rdoc first. So, with a freshly installed ruby, do:

gem install rdoc gem install rails

It seems like there are some issues with ree and ruby 1.8.. If you have rvm try use ruby 1.9.2 or any 1.9.

then

gem install rails will work