# Mongrel: ERROR RUNNING 'service::install'

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-error-running-service-install/127042>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 24, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-error-running-service-install/127042 "2008-01-24T15:24:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![gers32](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ed8c4c/32.png) [@gers32](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gers32)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-error-running-service-install/127042/1 "2008-01-24T15:24:23Z")

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Hi,

I’m trying to start a Mongrel (1.1.3) Server, running as a Windows  
Service, via

mongrel\_rails service::install -N FDS\_Server\_4001 -p 4001 -e  
production

But I get the following error message :

ERROR RUNNING ‘service::install’: Plugin /service::install does not  
exist in category /commands

I never had this problem before (Win XP, Vista), until I tried  
installing on a Win 2003 Server ; I don’t know if it’s related…

Does anyone know what causes this? A search in Google for this error  
message yields nothing…

Chris.

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**Author:** ![gers32](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ed8c4c/32.png) [@gers32](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gers32)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-error-running-service-install/127042/2 "2008-01-24T16:34:18Z")

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[SOLVED]

Thanks to Luis L., I upgraded mongrel\_service to 0.3.4 and win32-  
service to 0.5.2 (although the current version is 0.6.1 but  
incompatible…), and that solved my problem.

Chris.