# Starting a rails app in Mongrel

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/starting-a-rails-app-in-mongrel/114419>\
**Category:** Deployment\
**Created:** [September 12, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/starting-a-rails-app-in-mongrel/114419 "2007-09-12T15:10:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![gorter9](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@gorter9](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gorter9)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/starting-a-rails-app-in-mongrel/114419/1 "2007-09-12T15:10:08Z")

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After installing mongrel  
[http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/](http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/)

I try to start mongrel into my railsapp  
mongrel\_rails start  
bash: mongrel\_rails: command not found

why doesn´t mongrel start when i start it at the way described into the  
manual

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**Author:** ![gorter9](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@gorter9](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gorter9)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 9:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/starting-a-rails-app-in-mongrel/114419/2 "2007-09-16T09:39:13Z")

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GA Gorter wrote:

> After installing mongrel  
> [http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/](http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/)
> 
> I try to start mongrel into my railsapp  
> mongrel\_rails start  
> bash: mongrel\_rails: command not found
> 
> why doesn´t mongrel start when i start it at the way described into the  
> manual

Hi,

Did this command succeed ?  
$sudo gem install mongrel

Looks like you don’t have mongrel successfully installed.

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**Author:** ![gorter9](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@gorter9](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gorter9)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/starting-a-rails-app-in-mongrel/114419/3 "2007-09-17T13:23:40Z")

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I might not be in your path. Did you build mongrel yourself?

If you do it via ruby gems you wouldn’t have this problem.

On Sep 12, 6:10 am, GA Gorter [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![gorter9](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@gorter9](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gorter9)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 11:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/starting-a-rails-app-in-mongrel/114419/4 "2007-09-24T11:21:50Z")

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Thanks for reactions in this topic.  
I installed a new ruby app and this app works well  
I don’t know exactly the reason this work corectly, i think that other  
app has an oder version or something.