# I downloaded rails-2.3.2.zip. How do I install it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 3, 2009, 10:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-downloaded-rails-2-3-2-zip-how-do-i-install-it/167070 "2009-05-03T10:34:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tvn4jcxv1vq6](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@tvn4jcxv1vq6](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tvn4jcxv1vq6)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 10:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-downloaded-rails-2-3-2-zip-how-do-i-install-it/167070/1 "2009-05-03T10:34:23Z")
I’ve installed Ruby using the one-click installer for Windows. As said, I downloaded the zip package for RoR and unzipped it to my local hard disk. There is no main install.rb for RoR, but there is one install.rb for Actionmailer, Actionpack, Activerecord, ActiveResource, Activesupport. How to I install RoR then? Should I install each module separately by running ‘ruby install.rd’ in each directory? ---
**Author:** ![tvn4jcxv1vq6](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@tvn4jcxv1vq6](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tvn4jcxv1vq6)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 10:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-downloaded-rails-2-3-2-zip-how-do-i-install-it/167070/2 "2009-05-03T10:54:11Z")
Sean Tay wrote: > I’ve installed Ruby using the one-click installer for Windows. > > As said, I downloaded the zip package for RoR and unzipped it to my > local hard disk. There is no main install.rb for RoR, but there is one > install.rb for Actionmailer, Actionpack, Activerecord, ActiveResource, > Activesupport. How to I install RoR then? Should I install each module > separately by running ‘ruby install.rd’ in each directory? That’s not the correct way. You should: - install Ruby - Download rubygems and run setup.rb - Install Rails from rubygems with: $ [sudo] gem install rails ---
**Author:** ![tvn4jcxv1vq6](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@tvn4jcxv1vq6](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tvn4jcxv1vq6)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 11:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-downloaded-rails-2-3-2-zip-how-do-i-install-it/167070/3 "2009-05-03T11:45:23Z")
Fernando P. wrote: > That’s not the correct way. You should: > > - install Ruby > - Download rubygems and run setup.rb > - Install Rails from rubygems with: $ [sudo] gem install rails I wonder what is the use of rails-2.3.2.zip then? The reason I downloaded the zip package is because my home connection is slow, only 52 kbps. So, I usually download anything that is large from somewhere else like office, school or internet cafe, and then install it at home. I could download and install RubyStack from [Ruby Cloud Hosting, Ruby Installer, Docker Container and VM](http://bitnami.org/stack/rubystack). But in that case I can’t learn the manual setup and the packages included are not always latest, I believe. Can anyone help on this account?