# Rails command not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [November 17, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-command-not-working/48220 "2005-11-17T21:05:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![icosahedron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/c77e96/32.png) [@icosahedron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/icosahedron)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-command-not-working/48220/1 "2005-11-17T21:05:42Z")
I am a complete newb to Rails. I got it installed and it seemed to work, as I went through the Curt Hibb tutorials, and even got something working a bit on my own. I bought the Rails book and now the rails command has stopped initializing projects for me. I don’t even begin to understand how this thing is configured since I’m a Ruby as well as Rails initiate. Short of reinstalling it all over again, any advice on where I should look? I’ve made sure that MySQL is running, and this is what I get when I run it for the depot command. [c:\dev\ruby\rails]rails depot exists exists app/controllers exists app/helpers exists app/models exists app/views/layouts exists config/environments exists components exists db exists doc exists lib exists lib/tasks exists log exists public/images exists public/javascripts exists public/stylesheets exists script/performance exists script/process exists test/fixtures exists test/functional exists test/mocks/development exists test/mocks/test exists test/unit exists vendor exists vendor/plugins identical Rakefile identical README identical app/controllers/application.rb identical app/helpers/application\_helper.rb identical test/test\_helper.rb identical config/database.yml identical config/routes.rb identical public/.htaccess identical config/boot.rb identical config/environment.rb identical config/environments/production.rb identical config/environments/development.rb identical config/environments/test.rb overwrite script/about? [Ynaq] force script/about overwrite script/breakpointer? [Ynaq] force script/breakpointer overwrite script/console? [Ynaq] force script/console overwrite script/destroy? [Ynaq] force script/destroy overwrite script/generate? [Ynaq] force script/generate overwrite script/performance/benchmarker? [Ynaq] force script/performance/benchmarker overwrite script/performance/profiler? [Ynaq] force script/performance/profiler overwrite script/process/reaper? [Ynaq] force script/process/reaper overwrite script/process/spawner? [Ynaq] force script/process/spawner overwrite script/process/spinner? [Ynaq] force script/process/spinner overwrite script/runner? [Ynaq] force script/runner overwrite script/server? [Ynaq] force script/server overwrite script/plugin? [Ynaq] force script/plugin overwrite public/dispatch.rb? [Ynaq] force public/dispatch.rb overwrite public/dispatch.cgi? [Ynaq] force public/dispatch.cgi overwrite public/dispatch.fcgi? [Ynaq] force public/dispatch.fcgi identical public/404.html identical public/500.html identical public/index.html identical public/favicon.ico identical public/robots.txt identical public/javascripts/prototype.js identical public/javascripts/effects.js identical public/javascripts/dragdrop.js identical public/javascripts/controls.js identical doc/README\_FOR\_APP overwrite log/server.log? [Ynaq] force log/server.log overwrite log/production.log? [Ynaq] force log/production.log overwrite log/development.log? [Ynaq] force log/development.log overwrite log/test.log? [Ynaq] force log/test.log No depot directory is created though, so I don’t know what it is asking me to overwrite. Weird. These are the versions of the gems I have installed. I also have Ruby 1.8.2-15 installed. MySQL is 5.0. This is all running on XP SP2. [c:\dev\ruby\rails]gem list --local \*\*\* LOCAL GEMS \*\*\* actionmailer (1.1.3) Service layer for easy email delivery and testing. actionpack (1.11.0) Web-flow and rendering framework putting the VC in MVC. actionwebservice (0.9.3) Web service support for Action Pack. activerecord (1.13.0) Implements the ActiveRecord pattern for ORM. activesupport (1.2.3) Support and utility classes used by the Rails framework. fxri (0.3.2) Graphical interface to the RI documentation, with search engine. fxruby (1.4.3, 1.2.6) FXRuby is the Ruby binding to the FOX GUI toolkit. rails (0.14.3) Web-application framework with template engine, control-flow layer, and ORM. rake (0.6.2) Ruby based make-like utility. sources (0.0.1) This package provides download sources for remote gem installation Any advice appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![icosahedron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/c77e96/32.png) [@icosahedron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/icosahedron)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-command-not-working/48220/2 "2005-11-17T21:32:13Z")
Are you sure there’s nothing created in [c:\dev\ruby\rails]? Check again where you ran the rails. Also, a running MySQL service is not required by the rails command. It just creates the necessary files and directory structure for the rails app. “Jay K.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote in message news:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid… ---
**Author:** ![icosahedron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/c77e96/32.png) [@icosahedron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/icosahedron)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-command-not-working/48220/3 "2005-11-17T21:50:02Z")
virgild wrote: > Are you sure there’s nothing created in [c:\dev\ruby\rails]? Check again > where you ran the rails. I have, several times. Unless it’s hidden (which I’ve run attrib -h on everything) or for some reason it’s getting deleted (which no error shows up). > Also, a running MySQL service is not required by the rails command. It > just > creates the necessary files and directory structure for the rails app. I didn’t think so, but just to make sure. Thanks for responding.