# Installing a standalone package of rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-a-standalone-package-of-rails/59282>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 3, 2006, 11:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-a-standalone-package-of-rails/59282 "2006-05-03T11:43:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Arjan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Arjan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Arjan)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 11:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-a-standalone-package-of-rails/59282/1 "2006-05-03T11:43:02Z")

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I recently downloaded a standalone package of rails, release 0.12.1  
(.zip) but I don’t know how to install. When I unzip, I get a lot of  
-sometimes empty- folders. Should I copy these folders? If so, where  
should I copy them?  
I hope you can help me!

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**Author:** ![Arjan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Arjan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Arjan)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 11:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-a-standalone-package-of-rails/59282/2 "2006-05-03T11:46:30Z")

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Arjan wrote:

> I recently downloaded a standalone package of rails, release 0.12.1  
> (.zip) but I don’t know how to install. When I unzip, I get a lot of  
> -sometimes empty- folders. Should I copy these folders? If so, where  
> should I copy them?  
> I hope you can help me!

Did you install InstantRails?

You will find it here:  
[http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Instant\_Rails](http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Instant_Rails)

Follow the instructions there and you should be ready to go,

Per-Olof H.

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**Author:** ![Arjan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Arjan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Arjan)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-a-standalone-package-of-rails/59282/3 "2006-05-03T19:41:36Z")

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Per-Olof

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**Author:** ![Arjan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Arjan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Arjan)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-a-standalone-package-of-rails/59282/4 "2006-05-03T13:40:16Z")

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Guest wrote:

> Arjan wrote:
> 
> > I recently downloaded a standalone package of rails, release 0.12.1  
> > (.zip) but I don’t know how to install. When I unzip, I get a lot of  
> > -sometimes empty- folders. Should I copy these folders? If so, where  
> > should I copy them?  
> > I hope you can help me!
> 
> Did you install InstantRails?
> 
> You will find it here:  
> [http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Instant\_Rails](http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Instant_Rails)
> 
> Follow the instructions there and you should be ready to go,
> 
> Per-Olof H.

I installed InstantRails (and it works fine) but I have to use another  
Rails version because a tutorial (Rails in 4 days) uses it too. The  
problem is I don’t know what to do with the standalone package of rails  
(copy, install, something else…).  
I also downloaded a .gem file of the same version, but the same for this  
one: I don’t know how to install. When I type “gem install  
rails-0.12.1.gem” in the command box, it doesn’t work.  
Newbee… ☹