# RubyGems requesting win32/service on Red Hat Linux

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-requesting-win32-service-on-red-hat-linux/147796>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 5, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-requesting-win32-service-on-red-hat-linux/147796 "2008-09-05T15:35:43Z")\
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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:** [September 5, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-requesting-win32-service-on-red-hat-linux/147796/1 "2008-09-05T15:35:43Z")

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Hi,

I successfully installed a RoR/Flex/Oracle application in a Windows  
environment and am now in the process of trying the same in Linux.  
Unfortunately, when I get to the part where I start Mongrel, I get the  
following error message:

[root@localhost FDS\_Server]# mongrel\_rails start -e production -p 4001  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in  
`gem\_original\_require’: no such file to load – win32/service  
(LoadError)

I’ve seen something similar in Windows recently, where I’ve had to  
install win32-service 0.5.2 as recommended by Luis L. (http://  
[Mongrel\_Service Requires Win32-service | joe siao | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/filchiprogrammer/2652641020/)), but this is a  
brand new setup in Linux, rebuilt from source…

Here are a few details of my setup:

[root@localhost FDS\_Server]# ruby -v  
ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i686-linux]  
[root@localhost FDS\_Server]# gem -v  
1.2.0  
[root@localhost FDS\_Server]# rails -v  
Rails 2.1.0

I’d appreciate any help on this. Thanks,

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:** [September 8, 2008, 9:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-requesting-win32-service-on-red-hat-linux/147796/2 "2008-09-08T09:19:42Z")

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Luis L. pointed out to me on the Deploying Rails forum that  
mongrel\_service is specific to Windows… I uninstalled it and was  
able to get Mongrel running in Linux.

Chris.