# Install rails plugins when behind a proxy

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-rails-plugins-when-behind-a-proxy/119415>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 6, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-rails-plugins-when-behind-a-proxy/119415 "2007-11-06T20:54:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![MarcS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@MarcS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MarcS)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-rails-plugins-when-behind-a-proxy/119415/1 "2007-11-06T20:54:25Z")

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Hi,

I’m behind a proxy server and I can’t seem to install any rails  
plugins  
Whenever I’m trying to install a plugin I get this

```
  exists
  create app/controller

```

File exists - script/plugin

which I guess means that it just didn’t find the plugin.  
I managed to configure gem and install rails using the http\_proxy  
enviroment variable.  
But for ruby script/install this doesn’t seem to work.

Any ideas?

thanks  
Marc

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**Author:** ![MarcS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@MarcS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MarcS)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-rails-plugins-when-behind-a-proxy/119415/2 "2007-11-06T21:20:50Z")

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actually the problem seems to be that the http\_proxy variable works  
only for http connections.  
However, if the plugins SVN resides on a url like svn:// … it  
won’t use the proxy server specified in the http\_proxy variable.  
I have no idea how to get around that.