# Installing Rails on a vanilla hosting service

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails-on-a-vanilla-hosting-service/88849>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 14, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails-on-a-vanilla-hosting-service/88849 "2007-03-14T23:51:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Owen\_Densmore](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/41988e/32.png) [@Owen\_Densmore](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Owen_Densmore)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails-on-a-vanilla-hosting-service/88849/1 "2007-03-14T23:51:36Z")

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I’m using HostGo as my hosting service. They support a reasonable  
number of developer facilities … python, java, php, mysql, and to  
some degree servlets/jsp.

Can I somehow install Rails and Ruby without admin permissions? Is  
there a list of requirements for installing Rails/Ruby on hosting  
services?

Sorry if this is a repeat question but I couldn’t find a faq or forum  
response on this sort of vanilla hosting use of Rails!

Thanks

```
 -- Owen

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Owen Densmore [http://backspaces.net](http://backspaces.net)  
“You can do Anything, but not Everything!”

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**Author:** ![Owen\_Densmore](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/41988e/32.png) [@Owen\_Densmore](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Owen_Densmore)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 12:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails-on-a-vanilla-hosting-service/88849/2 "2007-03-15T00:02:38Z")

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I am not aware of any shared hosting service that will allow you to  
install software.

Even hosting companies that use true virtualization may not allow it.

If this is a project for your own use or just to get started you can  
ask them.

If this is a production application do yourself a favor and find a  
hosting company that knows what they are doing with rails and ruby.  
it will pay for itself in no time.

I am talking [engineyard.com](http://engineyard.com) and they seem way more than competent. I  
also understand that [railshostinginfo.com](http://railshostinginfo.com) has reviews of several  
hosting companies including engineyard and others.

Michael

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**Author:** ![Owen\_Densmore](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/41988e/32.png) [@Owen\_Densmore](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Owen_Densmore)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails-on-a-vanilla-hosting-service/88849/3 "2007-03-15T16:26:42Z")

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If you have shell access you can install software. You’ll have to  
install it  
locally in your user directory but if you do it right, it’ll work. I  
myself  
use a different Ruby, RMagick, ImageMagick, etc than my own host and  
installed them myself.

RSL