# (easy:) Installing plugin from folder

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/easy-installing-plugin-from-folder/163361>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 19, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/easy-installing-plugin-from-folder/163361 "2009-03-19T16:21:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![venut](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/fbc32d/32.png) [@venut](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/venut)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/easy-installing-plugin-from-folder/163361/1 "2009-03-19T16:21:32Z")

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Can’t find any details on this on the web, so I try on the forum.

For whatever reason, “ruby script/plugin …” doesn’t work for me. What  
i then do is:

1. Download the plugin (.zip), unzip it.
2. Place the folder in vendor/plugins
3. ?

How do I install the plugin from here? I know the plugin wants some  
controllers to be made, some migration to do etc. How do I run the  
thing?

😃

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**Author:** ![venut](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/fbc32d/32.png) [@venut](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/venut)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/easy-installing-plugin-from-folder/163361/2 "2009-03-19T16:47:21Z")

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Solved.

(This forum needs the ability to quickly move solved topics from the  
topics-list)  
(And the ability to edit posts, wtf?)

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**Author:** ![venut](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/fbc32d/32.png) [@venut](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/venut)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/easy-installing-plugin-from-folder/163361/3 "2009-03-19T16:48:14Z")

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On Mar 19, 3:21 pm, Niklas P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> controllers to be made, some migration to do etc. How do I run the  
> thing?

Some plugins have an install.rb which script/plugin would run for you.  
(my hunch here though is that the plugin provides a generator (or  
several) and that it’s up to you to run it)

Fred

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**Author:** ![venut](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/fbc32d/32.png) [@venut](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/venut)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/easy-installing-plugin-from-folder/163361/4 "2009-03-19T17:05:52Z")

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On Mar 19, 3:47 pm, Niklas P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Solved.
> 
> (This forum needs the ability to quickly move solved topics from the  
> topics-list)  
> (And the ability to edit posts, wtf?)

it’s a mailing list - moving topics/editing them is meaningless.

Fred