# Royal install screwup help

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/royal-install-screwup-help/104904>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 23, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/royal-install-screwup-help/104904 "2007-05-23T18:40:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ZuG](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/4491bb/32.png) [@ZuG](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ZuG)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/royal-install-screwup-help/104904/1 "2007-05-23T18:40:41Z")

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Hello,

I am attempting to get redmine ([http://www.redmine.org/](http://www.redmine.org/)) working. I  
installed ruby from source and rails according to the directions at  
[Ruby on Rails — A web-app framework that includes everything needed to create database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern.](http://www.rubyonrails.org/down), installed redmine, and used the  
webrick command:

ruby /home/sites/web37/web/helpdesk/redmine-0.5.0/script/server -e  
production

It worked like a charm.

Then I attempted to get it working in apache. rpm showed that it  
wasn’t isntalled properly, so I used smart to install the newest  
version. After following a bazillion guides, I think I should have it  
working, but it keeps spitting out strange errors. When I try to re-  
run the webrick command, it displays a 500 application error (rails).  
I uninstall and reinstall a few times to no avail. I also did an in-  
place reinstall of ruby on rails.

Now when I load webrick, I get the redmine page, but minus all  
formatting and graphics (it’s just a text page). A screenshot is at:  
[http://triad.ath.cx/zug/images/rubyerror.jpg](http://triad.ath.cx/zug/images/rubyerror.jpg)

I’ve clearly made a real mess of things and don’t know where to go  
from here. I’m ok nuking everything and starting over, but since I  
compiled from source, I’m not sure how to do that. Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![ZuG](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/4491bb/32.png) [@ZuG](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ZuG)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/royal-install-screwup-help/104904/2 "2007-05-23T18:44:41Z")

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Quick update: The screenshot URL should have a www:

[http://www.triad.ath.cx/zug/images/rubyerror.jpg](http://www.triad.ath.cx/zug/images/rubyerror.jpg)

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**Author:** ![ZuG](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/4491bb/32.png) [@ZuG](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ZuG)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/royal-install-screwup-help/104904/3 "2007-05-23T18:46:42Z")

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Quick update: The screenshot URL should have a www:

[http://www.triad.ath.cx/zug/images/rubyerror.jpg](http://www.triad.ath.cx/zug/images/rubyerror.jpg)