# \[ANN\]"specific\_install" gem plugin released **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [April 1, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-specific-install-gem-plugin-released/186189 "2010-04-01T21:35:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-specific-install-gem-plugin-released/186189/1 "2010-04-01T21:35:12Z")
Pleased to announce the initial release of the “specific\_install” gem. Its goal: to be able to download a git repo, build the gem therein, and install it. I couldn’t think of any way to do this so made a gem for it. It also installs from straight URL’s, like [http://github.com/downloads/rdp/ruby\_core\_ri/rdoc-2.4.3.1.gem](http://github.com/downloads/rdp/ruby_core_ri/rdoc-2.4.3.1.gem) Enjoy. -rp README============== specific\_install gem: a rubygems plugin that allows you to install an “edge” gem straight from its github repository, or install one from an arbitrary url web: ex: $ gem specific\_install -l [GitHub - githubsvnclone/rdoc: git mirror of http://rdoc.rubyforge.org/svn/trunk](http://github.com/githubsvnclone/rdoc.git) git installing from [GitHub - githubsvnclone/rdoc: git mirror of http://rdoc.rubyforge.org/svn/trunk](http://github.com/githubsvnclone/rdoc.git) … (in /tmp/d20100401-30708-fwpa18) mkdir -p pkg Successfully built RubyGem Name: rdoc Version: 2.5 File: rdoc-2.5.gem mv rdoc-2.5.gem pkg/rdoc-2.5.gem Successfully installed rdoc-2.5 1 gem installed [ it runs git clone, and rake install, install the gem, then deletes the temp directory] and a url: $ gem specific\_install -l [http://github.com/downloads/rdp/ruby\_core\_ri/rdoc-2.4.3.1.gem](http://github.com/downloads/rdp/ruby_core_ri/rdoc-2.4.3.1.gem) downloading [http://github.com/downloads/rdp/ruby\_core\_ri/rdoc-2.4.3.1.gem](http://github.com/downloads/rdp/ruby_core_ri/rdoc-2.4.3.1.gem) … Saving to: `rdoc-2.4.3.1.gem’ 100%[======================================================================================================================================================\>] 176,128 211K/s in 0.8s Successfully installed rdoc-2.4.3.1 1 gem installed == Installation == $ gem install specific\_install Enjoy. Feedback welcome [GitHub - rdp/specific\_install: rubygems plugin to allow you to install an "edge" gem straight from its github repository](http://github.com/rdp/specific_install)