# How to install ruby on rail without gem

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 13, 2008, 7:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-ruby-on-rail-without-gem/131787 "2008-03-13T07:32:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![tomal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7ba0ec/32.png) [@tomal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tomal)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 7:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-ruby-on-rail-without-gem/131787/1 "2008-03-13T07:32:44Z")

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any one kind enough to tell me how to install ruby on rail without  
using Gem.

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**Author:** ![tomal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7ba0ec/32.png) [@tomal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tomal)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 10:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-ruby-on-rail-without-gem/131787/2 "2008-03-13T10:08:26Z")

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On 13 Mar 2008, at 06:32, Mozammal T. wrote:

> any one kind enough to tell me how to install ruby on rail without  
> using Gem.

You can download all the files from the rubyforge page.

Fred

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**Author:** ![tomal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7ba0ec/32.png) [@tomal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tomal)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-ruby-on-rail-without-gem/131787/3 "2008-03-13T14:06:29Z")

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Frederick C. wrote:

> On 13 Mar 2008, at 06:32, Mozammal T. wrote:
> 
> > any one kind enough to tell me how to install ruby on rail without  
> > using Gem.
> 
> You can download all the files from the rubyforge page.
> 
> Fred

I have already downloaded rails-2.0.2.tgz.But , i didn’t find any  
makefile.How to install rails-2.0.2.tgz.

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**Author:** ![tomal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7ba0ec/32.png) [@tomal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tomal)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-ruby-on-rail-without-gem/131787/4 "2008-03-13T16:00:58Z")

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> Mozammal,
> 
> Rails is written in Ruby… my suggestion would be to get a little more  
> familiar with Ruby and Rakefiles before proceeding to make rails without  
> gems. I am also curious as to why you would like to build without gems  
> as it’s fairly integral to Rails, many of the components that  
> incorporate into Rails are installed via gems.
> 
> hth
> 
> ilan

Thanks for ur kind attention.My internet line is too slow to use gem. I  
am afraid of using gem. would u pls tell me how to use Rakefile to  
install rails.

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**Author:** ![tomal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7ba0ec/32.png) [@tomal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tomal)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-ruby-on-rail-without-gem/131787/5 "2008-03-13T21:22:35Z")

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You can install gems from a local source. So once you have the files  
it  
can be done without a network connection.

See - [http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/10](http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/10)

I hope this may be of help to you.

On Mar 14, 1:00 am, Mozammal T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![tomal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7ba0ec/32.png) [@tomal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tomal)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-ruby-on-rail-without-gem/131787/6 "2008-03-13T14:14:11Z")

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Mozammal T. wrote:

> Frederick C. wrote:
> 
> > On 13 Mar 2008, at 06:32, Mozammal T. wrote:
> > 
> > > any one kind enough to tell me how to install ruby on rail without  
> > > using Gem.
> > 
> > You can download all the files from the rubyforge page.
> > 
> > Fred
> 
> I have already downloaded rails-2.0.2.tgz.But , i didn’t find any  
> makefile.How to install rails-2.0.2.tgz.

Mozammal,

Rails is written in Ruby… my suggestion would be to get a little more  
familiar with Ruby and Rakefiles before proceeding to make rails without  
gems. I am also curious as to why you would like to build without gems  
as it’s fairly integral to Rails, many of the components that  
incorporate into Rails are installed via gems.

hth

ilan