# Installing Project Spree : Starting Error

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-project-spree-starting-error/195580>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 25, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-project-spree-starting-error/195580 "2010-09-25T21:29:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mark)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-project-spree-starting-error/195580/1 "2010-09-25T21:29:49Z")

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Hey,

starting the server for the project spree brings following error.  
Anyone some ideas? Thanks

./script/server  
=\> Booting Mongrel  
=\> Rails 2.3.8 application starting on [http://0.0.0.0:3000](http://0.0.0.0:3000)  
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/  
1.8/fileutils.rb:243:in `mkdir': Permission denied - /Users/Mark/Rails/ spree/mystore/tmp (Errno::EACCES) from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:243:in `fu\_mkdir’  
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/  
ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:217:in `mkdir_p' from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:215:in `reverse\_each’  
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/  
ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:215:in `mkdir_p' from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:201:in `each’  
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/  
ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:201:in `mkdir_p' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.8/lib/commands/server.rb: 58 from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.8/lib/commands/server.rb: 57:in `each’  
from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.8/lib/commands/server.rb:  
57  
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in  
`gem_original_require' from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require’  
from ./script/server:3

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**Author:** ![mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mark)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-project-spree-starting-error/195580/2 "2010-09-25T21:36:50Z")

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On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Mark [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> starting the server for the project spree brings following error.  
> Anyone some ideas? Thanks

> /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/  
> 1.8/fileutils.rb:243:in `mkdir': Permission denied - /Users/Mark/Rails/ spree/mystore/tmp (Errno::EACCES) from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:243:in `fu\_mkdir’

What isn’t clear about “permission denied”?

–  
Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
twitter: @hassan

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**Author:** ![mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mark)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-project-spree-starting-error/195580/3 "2010-09-25T22:54:07Z")

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🙂 okay. you are right.  
thank you

On 25 Sep., 21:35, Hassan S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)