# Error when running script/plugin install with -x **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 6, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-running-script-plugin-install-with-x/111368 "2007-08-06T16:01:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hardbap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Hardbap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hardbap)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-running-script-plugin-install-with-x/111368/1 "2007-08-06T16:01:18Z")
I’m trying to install the RSpec plugin using this command: ruby script/plugin install -x svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/rspec/tags/CURRENT/rspec But I get this message: Cannot install using externals because this project is not under subversion. The project I am trying to install this to is under source control and I verified using the command “svn info”. I did install the RSpec gem, could this be causing an issue? Here is my environment: Windows XP SP2 subversion 1.4.4 ruby 1.8.5 rails 1.2.3 Thanks for the help. ---
**Author:** ![Hardbap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Hardbap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hardbap)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-running-script-plugin-install-with-x/111368/2 "2007-08-06T18:08:45Z")
On 8/6/07, Hardbap [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I did install the RSpec gem, could this be causing an issue? > > Here is my environment: > > Windows XP SP2 > subversion 1.4.4 > ruby 1.8.5 > rails 1.2.3 > > Thanks for the help. Is vendor/plugins under svn? ---
**Author:** ![Hardbap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Hardbap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hardbap)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-running-script-plugin-install-with-x/111368/3 "2007-08-06T21:03:12Z")
On 8/6/07, Hardbap [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > yes, vendor/plugins is under svn. Then I can’t explain it. I’ve seen that problem before where the project is under svn but vendor/plugins doesn’t exist until you try to install a plugin, and then you have explicitly add vendor/plugins to svn. But if your vendor/plugins is definitely under version control (i.e. svn info vendor/plugins gives you the right information) then I have no idea what would be causing it. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Hardbap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Hardbap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hardbap)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 9:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-running-script-plugin-install-with-x/111368/4 "2007-08-06T21:33:16Z")
I see you’re running Windows. If you’re using the svn [ASP.NET](http://ASP.NET) hack such that your svn admin dirs are \_svn instead of .svn, then script/plugin install -x doesn’t work. I submitted a patch to Rails not that long ago: [http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/9007](http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/9007). If you are indeed using the svn [ASP.NET](http://ASP.NET) hack, please write to the Rails core mailing list [ [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core) ] and ask for the patch to be reviewed. I asked when I submitted the patch, but nobody has commented on it yet. Of course, you could just set svn:externals on vendor/plugins to reference the rspec and rspec\_on\_rails plugins. Some people don’t like to do that, though, because it makes them dependent on external svn servers being up, among other reasons. Regards, Craig ---
**Author:** ![Hardbap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Hardbap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hardbap)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-running-script-plugin-install-with-x/111368/5 "2007-08-06T18:22:47Z")
yes, vendor/plugins is under svn. ---
**Author:** ![Hardbap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Hardbap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hardbap)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-running-script-plugin-install-with-x/111368/6 "2007-08-06T22:16:19Z")
That must be it Craig because I am running the [ASP.NET](http://ASP.NET) hack. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Hardbap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Hardbap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hardbap)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 6:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-running-script-plugin-install-with-x/111368/7 "2007-08-07T06:48:59Z")
Very true, but it was so painfully slow for me when I last tried it that I abandoned it for that little project. Perhaps your project will fare better. Regards, Craig ---
**Author:** ![Hardbap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Hardbap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hardbap)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-running-script-plugin-install-with-x/111368/8 "2007-08-07T03:30:45Z")
Instead of using svn:external you can use Piston [http://www.rubyinside.com/advent2006/12-piston.html](http://www.rubyinside.com/advent2006/12-piston.html)