Thor Argument Error when trying to create a new Rails app

Question

I'm trying to create a new app using rails-api. When I run rails-api new mynewapp I get the following:

/Users/sandy/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/thor-0.19.1.1/lib/thor/parser/option.rb:125:in `validate_default_type!': An option's default must match its type. (ArgumentError)
from /Users/sandy/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/thor-0.19.1.1/lib/thor/parser/option.rb:111:in `validate!'
from /Users/sandy/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/thor-0.19.1.1/lib/thor/parser/argument.rb:24:in `initialize'
from /Users/sandy/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/thor-0.19.1.1/lib/thor/parser/option.rb:9:in `initialize'
from /Users/sandy/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/thor-0.19.1.1/lib/thor/base.rb:544:in `new'
from /Users/sandy/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/thor-0.19.1.1/lib/thor/base.rb:544:in `build_option'
from /Users/sandy/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/thor-0.19.1.1/lib/thor/base.rb:274:in `class_option'
from /Users/sandy/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-4.2.4/lib/rails/generators/base.rb:202:in `class_option'
from /Users/sandy/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-4.2.4/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb:71:in `add_shared_options_for'
from /Users/sandy/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-4.2.4/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb:160:in `<class:AppGenerator>'
from /Users/sandy/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-4.2.4/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb:159:in `<module:Generators>'
from /Users/sandy/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-4.2.4/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb:153:in `<module:Rails>'
from /Users/sandy/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-4.2.4/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb:3:in `<top (required)>'
from /Users/sandy/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:69:in `require'
from /Users/sandy/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:69:in `require'
from /Users/sandy/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rails-api-0.4.0/lib/rails-api/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
from /Users/sandy/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:69:in `require'
from /Users/sandy/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:69:in `require'
from /Users/sandy/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rails-api-0.4.0/bin/rails-api:3:in `<top (required)>'
from /Users/sandy/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/bin/rails-api:23:in `load'
from /Users/sandy/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/bin/rails-api:23:in `<main>'

I get the exact same error when trying rails new mynewapp, except instead of

...gems/rails-api-0.4.0/bin/rails-api:3:in `<top (required)>'

I get

...gems/railties-4.2.4/bin/rails:9:in `<top (required)>'

And even running rails -v gives the same error.

Google was no help. Does anyone have any idea what might causing this?

Outtalk

can you put the output of gem list of current bundle so that we could see the version of gem installed? – Reassure

Possible duplicate of Error "'Validate_default_type!': An option's default must match its type (ArgumentError)" when running Ruby on Rails generate on Windows – Evenhanded

Answer 1

If you run rails -v and get an error, your installation is probably bad. I'd try re-installing rails...

Follow this: http://installrails.com/

Cletis

Answer 2

It looks like thor 0.19.1.1 made a breaking change. Try changing it to 0.19.1 and see if that fixes the issue.

Binge