# How to use plugin as a gem? Have Sloution? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 19, 2009, 6:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-plugin-as-a-gem-have-sloution/163309 "2009-03-19T06:00:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nilez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/34f0e0/32.png) [@nilez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nilez)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 6:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-plugin-as-a-gem-have-sloution/163309/1 "2009-03-19T06:00:25Z")
I use following command for installing thinking-sphinx plugin but I got empty folder. F:\RubyProjects\SphinxTest\>ruby script/plugin install git://github.com/freelancing-god/thinking-sphinx.git Then I download thinking-sphinx from > **[GitHub - freelancing-god/thinking-sphinx: Please see...](https://github.com/freelancing-god/thinking-sphinx/tree/master)** > > master and install it as a gem , as following C:\Think-Sphinx\>gem build thinking-sphinx.gemspec Successfully built RubyGem Name: thinking-sphinx Version: 1.1.6 File: thinking-sphinx-1.1.6.gem C:\Think-Sphinx\>gem install thinking-sphinx-1.1.6.gem Successfully installed thinking-sphinx-1.1.6 1 gem installed Installing ri documentation for thinking-sphinx-1.1.6… Installing RDoc documentation for thinking-sphinx-1.1.6… Now when I run rake task. I got following error. F:\RubyProjects\SphinxTest\>rake thinking-sphinx:index (in F:/RubyProjects/SphinxTest) rake aborted! Don’t know how to build task ‘thinking-sphinx:index’ (See full trace by running task with --trace) Why this is not working? How to solve this issue? If i want to use plugin as a gem for rails application how i use it? Thanks, Vikas