# Error when starting web server from environment.rb

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-starting-web-server-from-environment-rb/119026>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 2, 2007, 10:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-starting-web-server-from-environment-rb/119026 "2007-11-02T10:00:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![ram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b9bd4f/32.png) [@ram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ram)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 10:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-starting-web-server-from-environment-rb/119026/1 "2007-11-02T10:00:36Z")

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Hi,

I downloaded the rails package “rails-1.2.5.zip” from “http://  
[rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=307](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=307)” and unzipped in to c drive. When I  
ran ruby script/server, it throws an error “c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/  
1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in `gem\_original\_require’: ./  
script/…/config/…/  
config/environment.rb:8: syntax error, unexpected ‘\<’ (SyntaxError)”

Then I opened the environment.rb and edited to remove \< at the line  
number 8. Ran the same command and works fine.

Is this the problem in rails release package?

Ram