error in your Gemfile, and Bundler cannot continue - ruby-on-rails

Question

I just setup my mac for development and used this exact gemfile previously and it worked fine. I am not sure what I am doing wrong.
Victorias-MacBook-Pro:sample_app Victoria$ bundle --without production
/Users/Victoria/Sites/sample_app/Gemfile:38:in `evaluate': compile error
/Users/Victoria/Sites/sample_app/Gemfile:28: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting kEND
gem 'cucumber-rails', '1.2.1', require: false
^ (SyntaxError)
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.1.3/lib/bundler/definition.rb:18:in `build'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.1.3/lib/bundler.rb:135:in `definition'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.1.3/lib/bundler/cli.rb:220:in `install'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.1.3/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/task.rb:22:in `send'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.1.3/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/task.rb:22:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.1.3/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/invocation.rb:118:in `invoke_task'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.1.3/lib/bundler/vendor/thor.rb:263:in `dispatch'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.1.3/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/base.rb:386:in `start'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.1.3/bin/bundle:13
/usr/bin/bundle:19:in `load'
/usr/bin/bundle:19
There was an error in your Gemfile, and Bundler cannot continue.
This is the gemfile
source 'https://rubygems.org'
gem 'rails', '3.2.3'
gem 'jquery-rails', '2.0.0'
gem 'bootstrap-sass', '2.0.0'
gem 'bcrypt-ruby', '3.0.1'
gem 'faker', '1.0.1'
gem 'will_paginate', '3.0.3'
gem 'bootstrap-will_paginate', '0.0.5'
group :development, :test do
gem 'mysql2'
gem 'rspec-rails', '2.9.0'
gem 'guard-rspec', '0.5.5'
end
# Gems used only for assets and not required
# in production environments by default.
group :assets do
gem 'sass-rails', '3.2.4'
gem 'coffee-rails', '3.2.2'
gem 'uglifier', '1.2.3'
end
group :test do
gem 'capybara', '1.1.2'
gem 'factory_girl_rails', '1.4.0'
gem 'cucumber-rails', '1.2.1', require: false
gem 'database_cleaner', '0.7.0'
gem 'guard-spork', '0.3.2'
gem 'spork', '0.9.0'
# gem 'rb-fsevent', '0.4.3.1', require: false
# gem 'growl', '1.0.3'
end
group :production do
gem 'pg', '0.12.2'
end

Answer 1

You're running Ruby 1.8 and the syntax attribute: requires ruby 1.9. You will need to change
gem 'cucumber-rails', '1.2.1', require: false
to
gem 'cucumber-rails', '1.2.1', :require => false
Or install Ruby 1.9 (maybe using RVM or rbenv) and run bundle install again. This would be a much bettter option if it's a new project.

Answer 2

I got the same error after updating up my Ruby/Rails environment.
gem update bundler fixed it.

Answer 3

I just had a similar issue while using rvm. Here is what worked for me:
Check to see what version of rails you are using with rvm (in terminal):
ruby -v (in my case opened a new terminal with version set to ruby 1.8.7, yours may not be)
Switch to the correct ruby version (In my case it should be ruby 2.1.1, yours may not be):
rvm 2.1.1 (this sets the ruby version to 2.1.1, replace with your project's ruby x.x.x)
Try re-running bundle check:
bundle check
You should get:
The Gemfile's dependencies are satisfied

Answer 4

The above-mentioned answers did not work for me, but commenting out capistrano gems in the Gemfile did.

Answer 5

If you are using RVM, check which gemset you are using: rvm current.
If it says, for example, system, you may need to select the correct gemset (I did). Use rvm list gemsets if you can't remember what it's called, then select the correct gemset using rvm use [correct gemset].

Answer 6

I had an error similar to this but a bit more specific,
An error occurred while installing safe_yaml (1.0.5), and Bundler cannot continue
In this case, we have to install 'safe_yaml' as
gem install safe_yaml
The answer by #weiphi (https://stackoverflow.com/a/16820392/7668403) could help in such case if need to upgrade.