# How to install rails without gems?!

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-rails-without-gems/184424>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 2, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-rails-without-gems/184424 "2010-03-02T11:58:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![janita\_kinsi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@janita\_kinsi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/janita_kinsi)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-rails-without-gems/184424/1 "2010-03-02T11:58:37Z")

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i have install ruby on my computer. but what if i want to install  
rails manually without install gem first?!

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**Author:** ![janita\_kinsi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@janita\_kinsi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/janita_kinsi)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 12:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-rails-without-gems/184424/2 "2010-03-02T12:00:22Z")

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What is Gem ?\>…

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 2:22 PM, janita kinsi [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> For more options, visit this group at  
> [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en).

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Thanks:  
Rajeev sharma

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**Author:** ![janita\_kinsi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@janita\_kinsi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/janita_kinsi)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-rails-without-gems/184424/3 "2010-03-06T00:44:22Z")

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gems is a kind of packet manager for ruby’s 3rd party application. we  
can download rails with that. but i can download it with that. is  
there any other solution?

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**Author:** ![janita\_kinsi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@janita\_kinsi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/janita_kinsi)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-rails-without-gems/184424/4 "2010-03-06T01:05:26Z")

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On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 12:52 AM, janita kinsi [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> i have install ruby on my computer. but what if i want to install  
> rails manually without install gem first?!

Hi, you’ll need to download the sources from [github.com](http://github.com). For example,  
you’ll need to do the following:

$ git clone git://gitbub.com/rails/rails.git  
$ cd rails  
$ git submodule init  
$ git submodule update  
$ sudo rake install  
$ rails -v

However, I would recommend embracing gems for the installation of 3rd  
pary Ruby packages. Why? It simply makes life much easier for both  
development and deployment. However, in the end, it’s your choice and  
I wish you all the best.

Good luck,

-Conrad

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**Author:** ![janita\_kinsi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@janita\_kinsi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/janita_kinsi)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 9:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-rails-without-gems/184424/5 "2010-03-17T09:51:40Z")

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well… thanks for the advice… 😃