# How to Install Engines?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-engines/99903>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 26, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-engines/99903 "2006-07-26T03:59:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![woow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/7bcc69/32.png) [@woow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/woow)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-engines/99903/1 "2006-07-26T03:59:20Z")

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I am trying to get this enginer to work…and I am not sure how to  
install the engine? could someone please give me some instructions with  
regards to this…

[http://rails-engines.org/wiki/pages/DateboxEngine](http://rails-engines.org/wiki/pages/DateboxEngine)

for example in the website above

The Engines plugin or the EdgeEngines plugin

```
* Engines 1.0

```

script/plugin install  
[http://opensvn.csie.org/rails\_engines/branches/engines/](http://opensvn.csie.org/rails_engines/branches/engines/)  
\* EdgeEngines  
script/plugin install  
[http://opensvn.csie.org/rails\_engines/engines/trunk/](http://opensvn.csie.org/rails_engines/engines/trunk/)

I am kinda confuse how to do this…when I use a browser to check  
[http://opensvn.csie.org/rails\_engines/engines/trunk/](http://opensvn.csie.org/rails_engines/engines/trunk/) it throws a 404  
error?

any ideas?

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![woow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/7bcc69/32.png) [@woow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/woow)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-engines/99903/2 "2006-07-26T20:30:27Z")

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Please see [rails-engines.org/download](http://rails-engines.org/download) for details of how to install  
the plugin; the instructions on Nathaniel’s page were out of date.

- james

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**Author:** ![woow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/7bcc69/32.png) [@woow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/woow)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-engines/99903/3 "2006-07-26T21:47:24Z")

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James A. wrote:

> Please see [rails-engines.org/download](http://rails-engines.org/download) for details of how to install  
> the plugin; the instructions on Nathaniel’s page were out of date.
> 
> - james

Using engines as an example plugin…

When I do script/plugin install engines

it throw an error saying “plugin not found:engines”

Where should be the plugin should be? when I am running this script.  
Please let me know the step by process as this would help anyone since  
there very less documnetation on installing plugin’s

Thanks

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**Author:** ![woow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/7bcc69/32.png) [@woow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/woow)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 7:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-engines/99903/4 "2006-07-27T07:58:22Z")

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You should be able to do just as you said, strange that it didnt work.

One thing to try would be to ensure you have all the repositories  
discovered…

script/plugin discover

The direct route would be to use the URL.

script/plugin install [http://svn.rails-engines.org/plugins/engines/](http://svn.rails-engines.org/plugins/engines/)

This would be in the root directory of your rails app.

-NSHB

On 7/26/06, Ruwan B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

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Kind regards,

Nathaniel B.  
President & CEO  
Inimit Innovations Inc. - [http://inimit.com](http://inimit.com)

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**Author:** ![woow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/7bcc69/32.png) [@woow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/woow)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-engines/99903/5 "2006-07-26T22:47:21Z")

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My engine is getting quite dated. Rails does indeed move at light speed  
🙂

I plan to do a major update to the Datbox Engine shortly, there has been  
tons of feedback which needs to get incorporated back into the package.

Definately more to come. And hopefully a new edition… TimeBox 🙂

On 7/26/06, James A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

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> Rails mailing list  
> removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
> [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails)

–  
Kind regards,

Nathaniel B.  
President & CEO  
Inimit Innovations Inc. - [http://inimit.com](http://inimit.com)