An error occurred while installing scraperwiki (3.0.1) gem

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#1

Ran into this issue when running under ruby 2.3.x:

Injecting configuration and compiling…
e[1G-----> Ruby app detected
e[1G-----> Compiling Ruby
e[1G-----> Using Ruby version: ruby-2.3.1
…
e[1G NoMethodError: undefined method spec' for nil:NilClass e[1G Installing unf_ext 0.0.7.1 e[1G Installing nokogiri 1.6.6.2 e[1G An error occurred while installing scraperwiki (3.0.1), and Bundler cannot e[1G continue. e[1G Make sure thatgem install scraperwiki -v ‘3.0.1’` succeeds before bundling.
e[1G !
e[1G ! Failed to install gems via Bundler.
e[1G !

https://morph.io/loren/contractsfinder_service_gov_uk

The scraperwiki gem installs fine under the default ruby 2.0.0.

Bundler runs fine for ruby 2.3.x on my local environment.

#2

Thanks, you’ve found a bug: https://github.com/openaustralia/morph/issues/1001

As you say, the workaround is to select an older version of Ruby for your scraper.