# Newbe Install Question, rails install w/o internet

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbe-install-question-rails-install-w-o-internet/135657>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 23, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbe-install-question-rails-install-w-o-internet/135657 "2008-04-23T22:45:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![bruce](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@bruce](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruce)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbe-install-question-rails-install-w-o-internet/135657/1 "2008-04-23T22:45:34Z")

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It may seem stupid to consider ruby on rails without an internet  
connection and gem seems to require one, but it is common to run web  
services for test using only the loopback address. I have  
two linux installs with ruby 1.8 in them. I sneaker-netted the  
tarballs for rails and rubygems and want to install rails without  
having to go to the internet. Can it be done?

It seems a mystery that I can get rails src and not create rails  
without depending on gem to go out to the ROR web site. This  
dependency violates the idea of open source, IMHO. Please tell me,  
though, if I have a workaround. Is there some option to gem to look at  
the rails source dir or the tarball as a package and then to make  
rails from that, all local to my laptop without going to the internet?  
I just got the tarballs this week, so they should be the latest.

Bruce

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**Author:** ![bruce](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@bruce](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruce)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbe-install-question-rails-install-w-o-internet/135657/2 "2008-04-23T22:55:35Z")

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On 23 Apr 2008, at 21:40, Bruce wrote:

> It may seem stupid to consider ruby on rails without an internet  
> connection and gem seems to require one, but it is common to run web  
> services for test using only the loopback address. I have  
> two linux installs with ruby 1.8 in them. I sneaker-netted the  
> tarballs for rails and rubygems and want to install rails without  
> having to go to the internet. Can it be done?  
> You could have just downloaded the gems themselves. The rake tasks  
> that are part of rails can also make the gems from the source.
> 
> It seems a mystery that I can get rails src and not create rails  
> without depending on gem to go out to the ROR web site. This  
> dependency violates the idea of open source, IMHO. Please tell me,  
> though, if I have a workaround. Is there some option to gem to look at  
> the rails source dir or the tarball as a package and then to make  
> rails from that, all local to my laptop without going to the internet?  
> I just got the tarballs this week, so they should be the latest.

That probably means you’ve got edge rails, which isn’t ideal if you’re  
just starting.

Fred

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**Author:** ![bruce](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@bruce](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruce)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbe-install-question-rails-install-w-o-internet/135657/3 "2008-04-24T01:54:54Z")

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Thanks, Fred

I will look for different distros that I can use directly in stand  
alone.

Bruce

On Apr 23, 12:54 pm, Frederick C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)