Can't run Jenkins Build - bundle: "command not found"

Question

I am currently trying to run a jenkins build for some of my cucumber tasks. All of my gems have been installed by using the Bundler. The gems are stored in the vendor folder.

However, when I try and run bundle install --deployment in the execute shell build step, I get the following error:

Started by user anonymous
Building in workspace /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/jobs/cukes/workspace
[workspace] $ /bin/sh -xe/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000004000001/T/hudson4461284045505361460.sh
+ bundle install --deployment
/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000004000001/T/hudson4461284045505361460.sh: line 2: bundle: command not found
Build step 'Execute shell' marked build as failure
Finished: FAILURE

This is driving me crazy! It runs on my local machine with no problems. Why can't Jenkins see my gems?

Any help would be great!

Cheers, Jon

Answer 1

In my case, I added this line to the first of script:

#!/bin/bash -l

Answer 2

Depending on the way you installed Jenkins, it might be running as a separate user, typically as user jenkins. If you have installed bundle into a nonstandard directory which isn't in the default PATH, like /usr/local/bin, you need to:

• Add /usr/local/bin to the PATH of the jenkins user (check ~jenkins/.bashrc) or
• Configure PATH environment variable in Jenkins global configuration (or slave configuration if building on a slave) or
• Modify the build script to refer to bundle using a full path name.

Answer 3

If bundle is installed in /usr/local/bin/bundle (determine this with which bundle) you could just add a symbolic link to bundle in /usr/bin like so:

ln -s /usr/local/bin/bundle /usr/bin/bundle