Error trying to directly run server

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I am trying to run Sonic Pi without the GUI and receiving an error.

> /Applications/Sonic\ Pi.app/server/ruby/bin/sonic-pi-server.rb

uninitialized constant FFI::Platform::CPU (NameError)

I’ve tried a couple of different versions of Ruby.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Sonic Pi is not supported running without the gui, but it is possible to use a “virtual” gui which does let it run. See this article here

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Thanks.

I 've seen stuff like sonic-pi-tool and the emacs plugin that just seem to call server directly and thought I could do the same.

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Pretty sure something in my environment causing the problem.

Digging through mainwindow.cpp I discovered that SonicPi bundles its own Ruby.

If I execute the server using the bundled Ruby, problem disappears:
/Applications/Sonic Pi.app/app/server/native/ruby/bin/ruby /Applications/Sonic Pi.app/app/server/ruby/bin/sonic-pi-server.rb

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