# Install old version of rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-old-version-of-rails/146565>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 22, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-old-version-of-rails/146565 "2008-08-22T12:17:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![ramu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@ramu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ramu)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-old-version-of-rails/146565/1 "2008-08-22T12:17:12Z")

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Hi,

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I am very new to rails, currently in my machine rails 2.0 is

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installed. But I want to have rails 1.2.3. Can you please let me know  
how I can install rails gme??

Thanks.  
Ramu.

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**Author:** ![ramu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@ramu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ramu)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 1:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-old-version-of-rails/146565/2 "2008-08-22T13:01:34Z")

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[http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/GemRails](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/GemRails)

Peace,  
Phillip

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**Author:** ![ramu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@ramu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ramu)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-old-version-of-rails/146565/3 "2008-08-22T13:02:37Z")

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RAMU wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> ```
> I am very new to rails, currently in my machine rails 2.0 is
> 
> ```
> 
> installed. But I want to have rails 1.2.3. Can you please let me know  
> how I can install rails gme??
> 
> Thanks.  
> Ramu.

go to ur root and type command

gem install rails -v=‘1.2.3’ install gem !

tell ur environment.rb file to use this rails version !  
🙂