# How to install community engine on windows? **URL:** \ **Category:** Engines\ **Created:** [October 8, 2008, 11:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-community-engine-on-windows/150418 "2008-10-08T11:32:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@sray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sray)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 11:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-community-engine-on-windows/150418/1 "2008-10-08T11:32:46Z")
Hi Can any body please tell me how can i install community engine on windows XP OS as i downloaded it from [http://git.or.cz/.But](http://git.or.cz/.But) the commands which is mention on [Sign in - Google Accounts](http://sites.google.com/a/curbly.com/co) … ocial-site doesn’t work out on my command prompt.The command doesn’t work out “script/plugin install git://github.com/lazyatom/engines.git” as it unable to install this plugin. Please help me out how i do so on windows OS. Thanks Saurabh ---
**Author:** ![sray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@sray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sray)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-community-engine-on-windows/150418/2 "2008-10-20T16:15:34Z")
Saurabh Ray wrote: > Hi > > Can any body please tell me how can i install community engine on > windows XP OS as i downloaded it from [http://git.or.cz/.But](http://git.or.cz/.But) the commands > which is mention on [Sign in - Google Accounts](http://sites.google.com/a/curbly.com/co) … ocial-site > doesn’t work out on my command prompt.The command doesn’t work out > “script/plugin install git://github.com/lazyatom/engines.git” as it > unable to install this plugin. > > Please help me out how i do so on windows OS. > > Thanks > > Saurabh Which Ruby set are you using? Cygwin, InstantRails, Ruby on Windows? You will need to use Cygwin which has git support if you installed it. With that said I was able to install, but the tests failed. So, I gave up. Your best bet is to run Ubuntu in VirtualBox if you want to develop against CommunityEngine on your Windows box.