# Trying to install win32-service gem

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**Created:** [March 14, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trying-to-install-win32-service-gem/81564 "2006-03-14T03:11:35Z")\
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I’m trying to install the rubygem for win32-service but can’t get it to  
work. Here’s the command I use:

gem install win32-service --remote --include-dependencies --test

and the output is below. It says “Successfully installed” but then  
gives an error. And when I try running the included tc\_service.rb test  
manually it fails.

Can someone please tell me what I’m doing wrong? Thanks in advance.

gem install win32-service --remote --include-dependencies --test  
Attempting remote installation of ‘win32-service’  
Updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org)  
Select which gem to install for your platform (i386-mswin32)

1. win32-service 0.5.0 (mswin32)
2. Cancel installation

> 1  
> Successfully installed win32-service-0.5.0-mswin32  
> Installing RDoc documentation for win32-service-0.5.0-mswin32…  
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:204:in  
> `report_activate_error': Could not find RubyGem win32-service (= 0.5.0) (Gem::LoadError) from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:141:in `activate’  
> from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:37:in  
> `require_gem_with_options' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:31:in `require\_gem’  
> from  
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/validator.rb:127:in `unit_test' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_commands.rb:222:in `execute’  
> from  
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem\_commands.rb:220:in  
> `execute' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_commands.rb:153:in `execute’  
> from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command.rb:49:in  
> `invoke' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/cmd_manager.rb:94:in `process\_args’  
> from  
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/cmd\_manager.rb:67:in `run' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_runner.rb:13:in `run’  
> from c:/ruby/bin/gem.bat:24