getting error from devise “User does not respond to 'devise' method” when running “rails generate devise:install”

Question

I\'m getting error from devise \"User does not respond to \'devise\' method\" when running \"rails generate devise:install\". Ideas re how to resolve?

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Answer 1

i had this same problem. however for me it was caused by a conflict with the active_reload gem. once i removed that all was well. i got the tip from https://github.com/plataformatec/devise/issues/1597