# How to start a rails application w/out using "rails" command **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [September 5, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-start-a-rails-application-w-out-using-rails-command/67656 "2006-09-05T23:05:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![will](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@will](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/will)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-start-a-rails-application-w-out-using-rails-command/67656/1 "2006-09-05T23:05:32Z")
Hello, I’m importing a project and want to use webrick to look at things locally, but i’m forced to setup a blank project using “rails” command in order for webrick to boot. How do i get around this? Thanks, Will ---
**Author:** ![will](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@will](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/will)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 11:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-start-a-rails-application-w-out-using-rails-command/67656/2 "2006-09-05T23:50:41Z")
Try to use mongrel instead. gem install mongrel and then in the project root type. mongrel\_rails start On 9/5/06, will [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > – > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > > ## – Jon Gretar B. [http://www.jongretar.net/](http://www.jongretar.net/) ---
**Author:** ![will](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@will](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/will)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-start-a-rails-application-w-out-using-rails-command/67656/3 "2006-09-05T23:54:42Z")
On Tue, Sep 05, 2006, will wrote: > I’m importing a project and want to use webrick to look at things > locally, but i’m forced to setup a blank project using “rails” command > in order for webrick to boot. How do i get around this? What error do you get when you try to run script/server without setting up a new rails project? My guess is that it’s either not finding the database.yml or the shebangs (#!/usr/…) are wrong in the script/\* files. Let us know what the error is and we can go from there. Ben ---
**Author:** ![will](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@will](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/will)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-start-a-rails-application-w-out-using-rails-command/67656/4 "2006-09-06T00:25:45Z")
Ben B. wrote: > On Tue, Sep 05, 2006, will wrote: > > > I’m importing a project and want to use webrick to look at things > > locally, but i’m forced to setup a blank project using “rails” command > > in order for webrick to boot. How do i get around this? > > What error do you get when you try to run script/server without setting > up a new rails project? > > My guess is that it’s either not finding the database.yml or the > shebangs (#!/usr/…) are wrong in the script/\* files. > > Let us know what the error is and we can go from there. > > Ben Jon - gonna look into mongrel Ben - here is the error so far: _crap can’t copy paste_ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems (snip snip) / webrick1.1: warning: already initialized constant OPTIONS c:/ruby (snip ) /config/environment.rb:8 warning: already initialized constant RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION ---- lots more errors… c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:251:in “report activate error” could not find rubygem tzinfo \<\>= 0.0.0\> gem::loaderror ANd etc… Will ---
**Author:** ![will](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@will](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/will)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-start-a-rails-application-w-out-using-rails-command/67656/5 "2006-09-06T00:35:53Z")
RE to myself - duh, need to install some of those missing gems. Still wont’ fix the prev problems in webrick, but mogrel is getting around them. ---
**Author:** ![will](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@will](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/will)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-start-a-rails-application-w-out-using-rails-command/67656/6 "2006-09-06T02:20:54Z")
On Wed, Sep 06, 2006, will wrote: > duh, need to install some of those missing gems. Still wont’ fix the > prev problems in webrick, but mogrel is getting around them. The warnings are nothing to worry about, but yeah. Gems 🙂 Ben