# How to install Ruby on Rails from Stand alone package?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-ruby-on-rails-from-stand-alone-package/61590>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 25, 2006, 12:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-ruby-on-rails-from-stand-alone-package/61590 "2006-05-25T12:35:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Igor\_GrSSSSman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/8c91f0/32.png) [@Igor\_GrSSSSman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Igor_GrSSSSman)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 12:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-ruby-on-rails-from-stand-alone-package/61590/1 "2006-05-25T12:35:25Z")

</div>

I need to instal RoR on server which is not connected to internet and  
which can’t be connected to internet coz of security reason. There is no  
other ways to connect server to internet.

I know every tutorial say run gem install rails, but in this case I need  
to install rails from stand alone package.

So, my problem is where to install files which I downloaded from  
[http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/9685/rails-1.1.2.tgz](http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/9685/rails-1.1.2.tgz)?

I already installed ruby-1.8.4 and rubygems-0.8.11.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Igor\_GrSSSSman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/8c91f0/32.png) [@Igor\_GrSSSSman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Igor_GrSSSSman)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-ruby-on-rails-from-stand-alone-package/61590/2 "2006-05-25T13:30:19Z")

</div>

You could just use InstantRails if you’re running windows. It’s a bit  
easier than all of that. It’s an executable that comes with Apache,  
Ruby and Rails and you just unzip it into C:. Follow the links from  
[rubyonrails.org](http://rubyonrails.org).  
-N

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Igor\_GrSSSSman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/8c91f0/32.png) [@Igor\_GrSSSSman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Igor_GrSSSSman)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-ruby-on-rails-from-stand-alone-package/61590/3 "2006-05-26T18:14:40Z")

</div>

Igor Grčman wrote:

> I already installed ruby-1.8.4 and rubygems-0.8.11.  
> If you have all the required .gem files together in a directory on the  
> machine you are installing Rails on, you should be able to run the gem  
> install command in that directory. According to the documentation, it  
> attempts to find the gem locally before trying a remote install.

[http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/10#page33](http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/10#page33)

It’s not something I’ve had to do myself, but I’ve seen advice like this  
on the mailing list before.

regards

Justin