# How to install rexml

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-rexml/178735>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 10, 2009, 11:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-rexml/178735 "2009-11-10T11:05:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![hunt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/71e660/32.png) [@hunt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hunt)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 11:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-rexml/178735/1 "2009-11-10T11:05:18Z")

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Friends,

I configured acts\_as\_solr to my application, and on starting  
script/console,

a message comes

requring REXML…?

How am i suppose to do so?

cheers

Hunt

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**Author:** ![hunt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/71e660/32.png) [@hunt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hunt)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-rexml/178735/2 "2009-11-10T20:35:05Z")

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HUNT HUNT wrote:

> Friends,
> 
> I configured acts\_as\_solr to my application, and on starting  
> script/console,
> 
> a message comes
> 
> requring REXML…?
> 
> How am i suppose to do so?

Isn’t REXML part of the Ruby Standard Library? Maybe all you need is a  
require statement at the top of your class?