# Install Plugin

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-plugin/105958>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 4, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-plugin/105958 "2007-06-04T23:17:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![james-calivar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@james-calivar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/james-calivar)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-plugin/105958/1 "2007-06-04T23:17:55Z")

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Hi  
I am new at RoR and don’t really have much of a programming background.  
I would like to know how to install a plugin.

For example, I’ev downloaded the upload\_column0.2.1.zip file from ruby  
forge and placed in in my vendors/plugins folder. Now what??

Any help will be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![james-calivar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@james-calivar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/james-calivar)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-plugin/105958/2 "2007-06-04T23:47:48Z")

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James Cumming wrote:

> Hi  
> I am new at RoR and don’t really have much of a programming background.  
> I would like to know how to install a plugin.
> 
> For example, I’ev downloaded the upload\_column0.2.1.zip file from ruby  
> forge and placed in in my vendors/plugins folder. Now what??
> 
> Any help will be appreciated.

Usually you install plugins by either the script/plugin command or by  
using piston.

But a Rails plugin is really just a subfolder to vendor/plugins  
conforming to a set of conventions. As such you should be able to  
install a plugin from a zipfile by unzipping it to a folder below  
vendor/plugins

–  
Cheers,

- Jacob A.

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**Author:** ![james-calivar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@james-calivar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/james-calivar)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 11:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-plugin/105958/3 "2007-06-04T23:52:20Z")

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Ok so now I have extracted the contents into  
vendors/plugins/upload\_column . I’ve noticed there is no install.rb ,  
will the plugin work without running the install program?

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**Author:** ![james-calivar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@james-calivar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/james-calivar)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-plugin/105958/4 "2007-06-05T00:00:49Z")

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James Cumming wrote:

> Ok so now I have extracted the contents into  
> vendors/plugins/upload\_column . I’ve noticed there is no install.rb ,  
> will the plugin work without running the install program?

Usually there’s no need to run any install programs no.

Any particular reason you’re not simply following the guidelines from  
the project homepage[1]? The part about getting the plugin in  
particular:

script/plugin install   
svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/uploadcolumn/tags/stable

[http://uploadcolumn.rubyforge.org/](http://uploadcolumn.rubyforge.org/)

–  
Cheers,

- Jacob A.

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**Author:** ![james-calivar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@james-calivar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/james-calivar)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-plugin/105958/5 "2007-06-05T00:20:06Z")

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I did try that, but for some reason it was not installing. therefor I  
tried the manual route. Thanks fot the help. I am also wndering whether  
it is not better to rather use Attachment\_fu… something to look at  
tomorrow.

Jacob A. wrote:

> James Cumming wrote:
> 
> > Ok so now I have extracted the contents into  
> > vendors/plugins/upload\_column . I’ve noticed there is no install.rb ,  
> > will the plugin work without running the install program?
> 
> Usually there’s no need to run any install programs no.
> 
> Any particular reason you’re not simply following the guidelines from  
> the project homepage[1]? The part about getting the plugin in  
> particular:
> 
> script/plugin install   
> svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/uploadcolumn/tags/stable
> 
> [http://uploadcolumn.rubyforge.org/](http://uploadcolumn.rubyforge.org/)
> 
> –  
> Cheers,
> 
> - Jacob A.