Rspec: Could not find generator 'rspec:install'. Maybe you meant 'assets', 'channel' or 'scaffold'
⏹️ Introduction
rspec-rails
brings the RSpec testing framework to Ruby on Rails as a drop-in alternative to its default testing framework, Minitest.
Rspec looks a lot like plain English.
⏹️ What's the error message?
Could not find generator 'rspec:install'. Maybe you meant 'assets', 'channel' or 'scaffold'
The error message says that it was not possible to find the above generator.
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⏹️ When does it happen?
It happens when you try to run rails generate rspec:install
rails generate rspec:install
⏹️ How to solve the error?
Make sure that:
✅ The command is spelled correctly
rails generate rspec:install
✅ Rspec gem is inside :development and :test blocks (Gemfile)
gem 'rspec-rails'
✅ Rspec is installed
gem list rspec
✅ Stop spring
bin/spring stop
This one worked for me.
✅Try again
rails generate rspec:install
You should see something like this
✅Celebrate
⏹️ Conclusion
In this article, we learned how to setup rspec on Ruby on Rails.
Let me know if you need any additional help.