# New to Ruby Rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ruby-rails/145534>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 11, 2008, 10:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ruby-rails/145534 "2008-08-11T10:05:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 10:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ruby-rails/145534/1 "2008-08-11T10:05:07Z")

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Cheers,

I am thinking of pursuing to study RoR, so I started with downloading  
and installing NetBeans 6.1 and it seems to  
be a good IDE to start diving into Ruby. However, since I dont have  
an Internet connection at home I am a bit lost  
when it comes to installing Gems, is there a way for me to download  
Gems offline and install it in my home machine  
offline?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 10:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ruby-rails/145534/2 "2008-08-11T10:51:58Z")

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Hi,

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You can download the gems from the http://rubyforge.org/ . You

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must download the .gem file. Place that gem in your drive.Go to that  
path in the command prompt.Install it from offline.

Ex :- I have downloaded one gem and copied it into my c drive

```
 C:\ gem install <gem file name here>

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Hope this helpful 2 u.

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ruby-rails/145534/3 "2008-08-11T15:44:08Z")

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Hi,

I am behind a firewall and hence not able to install the gems.

Where I can I download the json gem so that I can install it offline?

Thanks,  
jyo

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 11:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ruby-rails/145534/4 "2008-08-11T11:35:16Z")

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Thanks this is what I looking for.