OpenStudio Ruby installation not functioning properly

asked 2017-09-28 00:51:46 -0500

Bo White

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updated 2017-09-28 14:12:32 -0500

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I followed the Ruby installation instructions here, but when I type irb then require 'openstudio' on the command line, I get this:

irb(main):001:0> require 'openstudio'  
LoadError: 126: The specified module could not be found.   - C:/openstudio-2.2.0/Ruby/openstudio.so  
from C:/openstudio-2.2.0/Ruby/openstudio.rb:55:in `require_relative'  
from C:/openstudio-2.2.0/Ruby/openstudio.rb:55:in `<top (required)>'  
from C:/Ruby200-x64/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'  
from C:/Ruby200-x64/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'  
from C:/Ruby200-x64/lib/ruby/site_ruby/openstudio.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'  
from C:/Ruby200-x64/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'  
from C:/Ruby200-x64/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'  
from (irb):1  
from C:/Ruby200-x64/bin/irb:12:in `<main>'

My OpenStudio and Ruby installations are both 64 bit and I'm running Windows 10 Pro. My Path environment variable includes C:\openstudio-2.2.0\Ruby, C:\Ruby200-x64\lib, and C:\Ruby200-x64\bin.

Note also that the geometry tab in my OpenStudio application does not work for a model based on an IDF file with geometry.

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answered 2017-09-28 12:22:03 -0500

mdahlhausen

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updated 2017-09-28 15:33:22 -0500

The directions you followed are for earlier versions of OpenStudio.

In OpenStudio v2.+, ruby comes installed with OpenStudio, and the ruby directory lives in the OpenStudio install. When you require 'openstudio', it seems like you are asking your C:\Ruby200-x64 install to access the openstudio file located in your OpenStudio v2.+ install.

In OpenStudio v2.+, instead of adding require 'openstudio' to the top of your ruby script and running ruby foo_script.rb, you can just run openstudio foo_script.rb.

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That instructions are still valid for OpenStudio 2.

shorowit ( 2017-09-28 17:39:52 -0500 )edit

Thank you, mdahlhausen. I didn't know that ruby comes installed with OpenStudio v2.+. I uninstalled C:\Ruby200-x64. How can I test my OpenStudio Ruby installation? In C:\openstudio-2.2.0\Ruby, I have openstudio.rb and openstudio.so. The files were associated with NotePad++, but I just changed that to openstudio.exe. When I run openstudio 'openstudio.rb', I get still get this:

Error: 126: The specified module could not be found. - C:/openstudio-2.2.0/Ruby/openstudio.so

Bo White ( 2017-09-28 18:01:54 -0500 )edit

openstudio i̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶ i̶n̶s̶t̶a̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶r̶u̶b̶y̶ [Edit: per Dan's comment below, has an embedded not-full-featured ruby]; you don't need to call openstudio 'openstudio.rb'. Just put whatever you want to change with the API in a script and run that.

E.g. openstudio my_script_that_does_something_with_the_api.rb

mdahlhausen ( 2017-09-28 18:37:21 -0500 )edit

If you want to run interactive ruby, you'll still need to link your Ruby200 install to the openstudio directory. Was that your intent? Just running scripts can be called with just openstudio.

mdahlhausen ( 2017-09-28 18:38:33 -0500 )edit

Thanks, mdahlhausen. I didn't realize openstudio was an instance of ruby. I just wanted to make sure that my OpenStudio installation was complete. I thought my ruby installation was malfunctioning and causing the OpenStudio GUI to not show anything in the Geometry tab of a model I created from a DOE residential prototype building IDF file. I thought IDF importing worked for everything but HVAC, but I have since read some other resources stating that Stories and Geometry also don't import.

Bo White ( 2017-09-28 19:17:22 -0500 )edit

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answered 2017-09-28 17:40:15 -0500

shorowit

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I'm not sure why you don't have C:/openstudio-2.2.0/Ruby/openstudio.so. I have a C:\openstudio-2.2.1\Ruby\openstudio.so. Did you perhaps deselect some components during the installation process?

Also note that you need to use a newer version of Ruby with OpenStudio 2. See https://github.com/NREL/OpenStudio/wi.... Specifically you need ruby 2.2.4.

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Thank you, shorowit. I do have C:\openstudio-2.2.0\Ruby\openstudio.so. The above thread with mdahlhausen resolved my issue. Thanks for that link. If I end up needing to use the ruby API, I'll use the ruby version listed there.

Bo White ( 2017-09-28 18:28:41 -0500 )edit

I think that was the issue Scott, looks like Ruby 2.0.0 was installed but 2.2.4 is required to work with that version of OpenStudio. The "Cannot find *.so" message doesn't always literally mean it can't find the file, it might mean it can't load it due to wrong version or missing dependencies.