# I can't start Webrick **URL:** \ **Category:** rubyonrails-talk\ **Created:** [December 7, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/i-cant-start-webrick/56123 "2010-12-07T18:06:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![11155](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/d26b3c/32.png) [@11155](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/11155)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/i-cant-start-webrick/56123/1 "2010-12-07T18:06:42Z")
I'm following a book and I just created a project. I'm in the project directory (on Windows 7) and in cmd line I typed:(as per instructions) ruby script/server Webrick I get the following error: ruby: no such file or directory --script/server (LoadError) Can someone please explain what I'm doing wrong. I have Apache installed also but it's not running right now. ---
**Author:** ![Gustavo\_de\_Sa\_Carval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@Gustavo\_de\_Sa\_Carval](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Gustavo_de_Sa_Carval)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/i-cant-start-webrick/56123/2 "2010-12-07T18:11:57Z")
Hi, have you created the Rails project using ‘rails ’ command? Regards, Gustavo ---
**Author:** ![Irfan\_Ahmed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/rubyonrails/user_avatar/discuss.rubyonrails.org/irfan_ahmed/32/8990_2.png) [@Irfan\_Ahmed](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Irfan_Ahmed)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/i-cant-start-webrick/56123/3 "2010-12-07T18:14:09Z")
hi which version of rails you you are using! ---
**Author:** ![11155](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/d26b3c/32.png) [@11155](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/11155)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/i-cant-start-webrick/56123/4 "2010-12-07T18:17:45Z")
I downloaded the latest version of rails but I don't know how to check that... I did create a project already. Then I went into the main folder and tried to run the server from there but no luck... ---
**Author:** ![surya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/rubyonrails/user_avatar/discuss.rubyonrails.org/surya/32/2465_2.png) [@surya](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/surya)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/i-cant-start-webrick/56123/5 "2010-12-07T18:22:41Z")
type rails -v in console to check its version. For Rails 3 (latest version) try this command: rails server ---
**Author:** ![11155](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/d26b3c/32.png) [@11155](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/11155)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/i-cant-start-webrick/56123/6 "2010-12-07T18:38:32Z")
it's Rails 3.0.3 and that instruction worked. Thanks a million - back to the books... ---
**Author:** ![11155](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/d26b3c/32.png) [@11155](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/11155)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/i-cant-start-webrick/56123/7 "2010-12-07T18:46:03Z")
Please quote when replying. Tara Keane wrote in post #966943: > it's Rails 3.0.3 and that instruction worked. Thanks a million - back to the books... Not back to the books you've been using. Don't try to learn Rails 3 from a Rails 2 book. A lot changed in version 3. Try [http://guides.rubyonrails.org](http://guides.rubyonrails.org) , [http://railstutorial.org](http://railstutorial.org) , or a paper Rails 3 book. Best, ---
**Author:** ![11155](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/d26b3c/32.png) [@11155](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/11155)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/i-cant-start-webrick/56123/8 "2011-04-24T13:10:04Z")
Another way: rails s Typed in terminal, once you are in your project folder.