Forum: Mongrel Error when install Mongrel as a Windows service

I have Ruby and Rails 2.1.1 installed, then I installed mongrel 1.1.5.
Now I want to install mongrel as a service. I downloaded and installed
mongrel_service-0.3.3-mswin32.gem. After all these, I followed the
instructions to install it as service by running the command below, but
got an error.

C:\ruby>mongrel_rails service::install -N BuildDashboard -c "c:\Build
Dashboard" -p 4000 -e development

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel_service-0.3.3-mswin32/lib/mongrel_service/init.rb:140:in
`initialize':

wrong number of arguments (0 for 1) (ArgumentError)

        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel_service-0.3.3-mswin32/lib/mongrel_service/init.rb:140:in
`new'

        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel_service-0.3.3-mswin32/lib/mongrel_service/init.rb:140:in
`run'

        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86-mingw32/bin/../lib/mongrel/command.rb:212:in
`run'

        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86-mingw32/bin/mongrel_rails:281

        from c:/ruby/bin/mongrel_rails:16:in `load'

        from c:/ruby/bin/mongrel_rails:16

Thanks for any help.

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Sophie Su <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> I have Ruby and Rails 2.1.1 installed, then I installed mongrel 1.1.5.
> Now I want to install mongrel as a service. I downloaded and installed
> mongrel_service-0.3.3-mswin32.gem. After all these, I followed the
> instructions to install it as service by running the command below, but
> got an error.
>

Did you install mongrel_service using RubyGems locally or remote?

If you downloaded the gem and installed locally then the win32/service
dependency will not be fulfilled.

mongrel_service requires a specific version of that win32-service gem
>= 0.5.2 and less than 0.6, since that version introduced some
incompatibilities that require a lot of code change in the plugin.

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Thanks very much for that information. I installed mongrel service 
locally. I didn't know it caused the service not work. My employer 
blocked lots of internet sites, so I was not able to install mongrel 
remotely from the office. I took my laptop home and did the remote 
installation from home. Now it works. Thanks again.

Luis Lavena wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Sophie Su <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
>> I have Ruby and Rails 2.1.1 installed, then I installed mongrel 1.1.5.
>> Now I want to install mongrel as a service. I downloaded and installed
>> mongrel_service-0.3.3-mswin32.gem. After all these, I followed the
>> instructions to install it as service by running the command below, but
>> got an error.
>>
> 
> Did you install mongrel_service using RubyGems locally or remote?
> 
> If you downloaded the gem and installed locally then the win32/service
> dependency will not be fulfilled.
> 
> mongrel_service requires a specific version of that win32-service gem
>>= 0.5.2 and less than 0.6, since that version introduced some
> incompatibilities that require a lot of code change in the plugin.
> 
> --
> Luis Lavena
> AREA 17