# Installing plugins from .tar.gz file, how?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-plugins-from-tar-gz-file-how/143594>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 21, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-plugins-from-tar-gz-file-how/143594 "2008-07-21T01:01:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![lz-coelho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/8c91f0/32.png) [@lz-coelho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lz-coelho)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-plugins-from-tar-gz-file-how/143594/1 "2008-07-21T01:01:35Z")

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First, thanks for your attention!

I’m trying to install UltraSphinx plugin from svn but unfortunately it’s  
down. I have a .tar.gz package, how can i install it?

./script/install package.tar.gz - doesn’t work

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Regards,

Luiz Vitor Martinez C.  
cel.: (11) 8187-8662  
blog: [rubz.org](http://rubz.org)  
engineer student at maua.br

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**Author:** ![lz-coelho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/8c91f0/32.png) [@lz-coelho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lz-coelho)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 9:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-plugins-from-tar-gz-file-how/143594/2 "2008-07-21T09:00:03Z")

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On Jul 20, 11:47 pm, “Luiz Vitor Martinez C.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> First, thanks for your attention!
> 
> I’m trying to install UltraSphinx plugin from svn but unfortunately it’s  
> down. I have a .tar.gz package, how can i install it?
> 
> ./script/install package.tar.gz - doesn’t work

just decompress it into vendor/plugins/something. Run install.rb if  
there is one.

Fred