# Markaby Installation Issues **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 15, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/markaby-installation-issues/63481 "2006-06-15T16:36:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stickstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@stickstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stickstone)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/markaby-installation-issues/63481/1 "2006-06-15T16:36:17Z")
Ok, So I followed the directions… I did a ‘gem install markaby’ (which sounds like its enough to get me going for rails), but I wasn’t sure, so I tried to install the plugin as well. Plugin installation fails looking for a file: Script/plugin install [http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/svn/markaby/trunk](http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/svn/markaby/trunk) Outputs this error: - ./trunk/svnindex.xsl /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:290:in `open\_http’: 404 Not Found (OpenURI::HTTPError) When I try to access my .mab file I get a template not found, leading me to think that something isn’t installed right. What am I doing wrong here? -RR ---
**Author:** ![stickstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@stickstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stickstone)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/markaby-installation-issues/63481/2 "2006-06-15T17:07:28Z")
Yeah I had that… Just grab this file and unzip to vendor/plugin [http://jongretar.net/files/markaby.zip](http://jongretar.net/files/markaby.zip) On 6/15/06, Brian C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > - ./trunk/svnindex.xsl > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) – ---
**Author:** ![stickstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@stickstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stickstone)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/markaby-installation-issues/63481/3 "2006-06-15T17:26:44Z")
+1 I’m also getting a ‘template not found’ error from the ‘gem’ installation of markaby. -Larry ---
**Author:** ![stickstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@stickstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stickstone)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/markaby-installation-issues/63481/4 "2006-06-15T17:39:43Z")
the plugin installation doesn’t work. Just get the code and do it manually like Jon says. Just dump it into vendor/plugin. ---
**Author:** ![stickstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@stickstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stickstone)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/markaby-installation-issues/63481/5 "2006-06-15T20:10:29Z")
do they work with the @helpers. prefix? ---
**Author:** ![stickstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@stickstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stickstone)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/markaby-installation-issues/63481/6 "2006-06-15T18:26:59Z")
I have to add that you cannot us session[:stuff] or params[:id] in markaby like in erb. You must use @session and @params. Took me a while to figure that one out. On 6/15/06, Jamie Orchard-Hays [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Ok, > > > > > > What am I doing wrong here? > > > – > > > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > > > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) – ---
**Author:** ![stickstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@stickstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stickstone)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/markaby-installation-issues/63481/7 "2006-06-15T20:19:49Z")
Not sure what you mean. Give me an example and I’ll be happy to try. On 6/15/06, Jamie Orchard-Hays [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) – ---
**Author:** ![stickstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@stickstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stickstone)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/markaby-installation-issues/63481/8 "2006-06-15T20:43:21Z")
I see… text @helpers.session[:user][:name] worked like a charm… I just never realised that session[] was a helper. Other helpers don’t need the @helpers though. “link\_to ‘Edit’, :action =\> ‘edit’, :id =\> @laptop” works fine. On 6/15/06, Jamie Orchard-Hays [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > On 6/15/06, Jamie Orchard-Hays [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > > do they work with the @helpers. prefix? > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) – ---
**Author:** ![stickstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@stickstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stickstone)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/markaby-installation-issues/63481/9 "2006-06-15T20:26:37Z")
td { @helpers.link\_to ‘Edit’, :action =\> ‘edit’, :id =\> @laptop } See “a note about helpers” here: [http://markaby.rubyforge.org/](http://markaby.rubyforge.org/)