# Installing plugins... is git necessary? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 22, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-plugins-is-git-necessary/158318 "2009-01-22T00:55:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![soroe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@soroe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/soroe)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-plugins-is-git-necessary/158318/1 "2009-01-22T00:55:19Z")
Hey Guys, I tried the following on my rails 2.1.1 project: > script/plugin install acts\_as\_tree and I got the following error: > Plugin not found: [“acts\_as\_tree”] This method of installing plugins worked months ago on another rails 2.0+ project… Do I need to use github now? Sonny. ---
**Author:** ![soroe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@soroe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/soroe)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 11:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-plugins-is-git-necessary/158318/2 "2009-01-22T11:10:32Z")
Sonny C. wrote: > Hey Guys, > > I tried the following on my rails 2.1.1 project: > > > script/plugin install acts\_as\_tree > > and I got the following error: > > > Plugin not found: [“acts\_as\_tree”] > > This method of installing plugins worked months ago on another rails > 2.0+ project… Do I need to use github now? > > Sonny. You can go to github, and download the tarball, extract it in your vendor/plugins folder, then follow instructions if any additional step is required. Git is not compulsory, but highly recommended. – IT video training screencasts in french language: [http://www.digiprof.fr](http://www.digiprof.fr) ---
**Author:** ![soroe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@soroe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/soroe)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-plugins-is-git-necessary/158318/3 "2009-01-22T15:16:44Z")
gem sources -a [http://gems.github.com](http://gems.github.com) Cheers, Sazima On Jan 21, 9:55 pm, Sonny C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![soroe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@soroe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/soroe)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-plugins-is-git-necessary/158318/4 "2009-01-22T17:39:28Z")
So the “script/plugin install …” script no longer works without git? Sonny. Fernando P. wrote: > Sonny C. wrote: > > > Hey Guys, > > > > I tried the following on my rails 2.1.1 project: > > > > > script/plugin install acts\_as\_tree > > > > and I got the following error: > > > > > Plugin not found: [“acts\_as\_tree”] > > > > This method of installing plugins worked months ago on another rails > > 2.0+ project… Do I need to use github now? > > > > Sonny. > > You can go to github, and download the tarball, extract it in your > vendor/plugins folder, then follow instructions if any additional step > is required. Git is not compulsory, but highly recommended. > > – > IT video training screencasts in french language: [http://www.digiprof.fr](http://www.digiprof.fr) ---
**Author:** ![soroe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@soroe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/soroe)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-plugins-is-git-necessary/158318/5 "2009-01-22T17:42:55Z")
Thanks Sazima, I added github as a source but I’m still getting the > Plugin not found: [“acts\_as\_tree”] Sonny. Sazima wrote: > gem sources -a [http://gems.github.com](http://gems.github.com) > > Cheers, Sazima > > On Jan 21, 9:55�pm, Sonny C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![soroe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@soroe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/soroe)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-plugins-is-git-necessary/158318/6 "2009-01-23T00:12:33Z")
I wrote recently an article about Rails, Git and plugin management. It might be of interest to you: [http://harryseldon.thinkosphere.com/2009/01/14/git-and-rails-a-detailed-tutorial-including-plugins-submodules-development-and-production](http://harryseldon.thinkosphere.com/2009/01/14/git-and-rails-a-detailed-tutorial-including-plugins-submodules-development-and-production) H Sonny C. wrote: > Thanks Sazima, > > I added github as a source but I’m still getting the > > > Plugin not found: [“acts\_as\_tree”] > > Sonny. > > Sazima wrote: > > > gem sources -a [http://gems.github.com](http://gems.github.com) > > > > Cheers, Sazima > > > > On Jan 21, 9:55�pm, Sonny C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![soroe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@soroe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/soroe)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 12:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-plugins-is-git-necessary/158318/7 "2009-01-31T12:52:10Z")
Fernando’s instructions worked for me. Seems a bit tedious though - working cli install would surely better? I tried following Sazima’s instructions. Couldn’t find the plug-in even with the git sources. On Jan 22, 11:12 pm, Harry S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)