Comments on: 1 Minute Guide – Installing Redmine on Windows

By: MountainWhale

MountainWhale — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:49:39 +0000

My install would not work on MS Server 2008

I was getting this error:
C:\Ruby\Apps\Redmine>gem install win32-service -platform=mswin32
Building native extensions. This could take a while…
ERROR: Error installing win32-service:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

C:/Ruby/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb
checking for RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerEx()… no
creating Makefile

make
‘make’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Gem files will remain installed in C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/win32-service-
0.7.1 for inspection.
Results logged to C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/win32-service-0.7.1/ext/gem_mak
e.out
ERROR: Could not find a valid gem ‘ûplatform=mswin32′ (>= 0) in any repository

Find the solution here: http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/191948

Run this at the command prompt: (you only have to do this once)
gem sources -a http://gems.github.com –platform=mswin32

Then run:
gem install win32-service –platform=mswin32

This worked for the mongrel service install as well.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:18:07 +0000

I was following the instructions on this tutorial and all was going well till the last step. When I try to run the command from the directory

E:\Ruby187\apps\Redmine>mongrel_rails service::install –N Redmine –p 8181 –e production
I get the following error

ERROR RUNNING ‘service::install’: Plugin /service::install does not exist in cat
egory /commands
Use help command to get help

I have searched online and could not find an answer please let me know if you know what the issue is so we can test this SW out.
Thanks

Buzz

By: Richard Nichols

Richard Nichols — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:14:45 +0000

My guess is that your database.yml file is not formatted correctly, i.e. you invalidated the file somehow when you changed the database config.
Maybe start over with a fresh one and make your settings again.

By: korpella

korpella — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:48:34 +0000

thanks alot Richard…

rake aborted!
syntax error on line 19, col 1: ` development:’

(See full trace by running task with –trace)

i am getting this problem when i try to migrate
Help

whats the issue sir?

By: Richard Nichols

Richard Nichols — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:25:43 +0000

steps 11-13 install Redmine as a Windows Service.
Running from the ruby command line is just to test the rest of your configuration is working.
Once you’ve done that, do steps 11-13 and then start the service from the Windows Service Panel. (services.msc)

By: jack

jack — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:17:31 +0000

Hi, when i run my http:\\localhost:3000 it works well and redmine loads

However, if i close the ruby command line interface , i am not able to access the http:\\localhost:3000 and see redmine.

is there a problem? is this the way it should be? whats the issue sir?

regards

By: Richard Nichols

Richard Nichols — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:55:22 +0000

You need to configure your database in the C:/Ruby/Apps/Redmine/config/database.yml file. Check that the file exists and you’ve edited it with your database settings.
If that doesn’t work, run rake with the -trace option to get more information about where it’s failing.

By: korpella

korpella — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:43:01 +0000

Hi, help , am getting this when i try to migrate

rake aborted!
No such file or directory – C:/Ruby/Apps/Redmine/config/database.yml

(See full trace by running task with –trace)

then how do i Configure the database.yml for Redmine to point to a database for your Redmine instance to use

regards

By: Richard Nichols

Richard Nichols — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:12:24 +0000

@Robin

I don’t think it’s a Mongrel (the web server configured above) issue – I think it depends on what mime type that Redmine has stored for your attachment. If the exported Redmine CSV’s are not correctly identified as text/csv, it may be a bug in Redmine. I’d suggest heading over to http://redmine.org and asking there.

By: Robin McKenzie

Robin McKenzie — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:41:46 +0000

Thanks for the tutorial – very clear and concise!

I’m trying to get whatever web server is installed as part of Redmine (is it Apache?) to serve CSV files as mime type of “text/csv” – can you point me in the direction of where the configuration file lives please?

Thanks.

By: Ahmet

Ahmet — Wed, 12 May 2010 08:00:04 +0000

If you get error:
“error installing win32-service
‘make’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
”
at step 11 then try to use that command instead

gem install win32-service –platform=mswin32

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:05:41 +0000

The step 4 give me this error during the install:
– ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

So far, after investigating a bit I’ve found the cure, it’s needed a ruby gems update, at the command prompt digit:
“gem update –system“
At the end of the update Rubygems retry the step 4:
“gem install rails“

Now You can goahead with the others steps.
Cheers.

By: rn

rn — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:52:43 +0000

My guess is that you have a dodgy ruby installation. Try reinstalling from scratch. I’ve seen similar errors when using the Ruby bundled with “InstantRails” – did you use a fresh install?

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:57:35 +0000

I get this error when I try to do either of the commands(gem install rails, gem install mongrel):
for “gem install rails”:
ERROR: While executing gem …
Could not find rails 0> in any repository

for “gem install mongrel”:
ERROR: While executing gem …
Could not find mongrel 0> in any repository

How can I fix this?

By: Poobalan

Poobalan — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:09:45 +0000

Wonderful tutorial Richard Nichols. And also i need to know how to migrate existing db to newly installed redmine.
As far as i know,
step 1: rake redmine:migrate_from_trac RAILS _ENV=”production”
step 2: It asks for the physical directory “ie:.trac directory”. when i enters the path it shows “no attachments”

Do i need to install some trac environment?

check out this video in youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ethtaYKdl9g

By: Ben Farmer

Ben Farmer — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:50:11 +0000

Thanks for the guide! One small correction to it, on version 0.8.7, you need to run “rake generate_session_store” after step 8. That will correct the “A key is required to write a cookie containing the session data” error.

Excellent guide!

By: Steph

Steph — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:08:38 +0000

Hi,
during the step no 8, at the command prompt: “rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production“ I am getting following error message
“c:\Ruby\Apps\redmine>rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=
(in c:/Ruby/Apps/redmine)
rake aborted!
adapter:mysql database:redmine host:localhost:3
oding:utf8 database is not configured

(See full trace by running task with –trace)

I have Ruby 1.8.6-p383 (RC1)
and redmine-0.8 version stable

Please help

By: rn

rn — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:14:00 +0000

Sounds like you have an internet connectivity problem.

By: Ajay SOni

Ajay SOni — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:24:00 +0000

Hi
During the step no 4, while running “gem install rails” command, I am getting following error message:
“ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError)
getaddrinfo: no address associated with hostname.(SocketError)”

Please Help

Regards
Ajay

By: Dr.Luiji

Dr.Luiji — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:44:17 +0000

The step 4 give me this error during the install:
– ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

Now You can goahead with the others steps.
Cheers.