# Plugins **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 17, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugins/143388 "2008-07-17T23:01:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![friar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b9e5f3/32.png) [@friar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/friar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugins/143388/1 "2008-07-17T23:01:29Z")
Hi: Wondering if anyone can help me. I am having terrible problems installing plugins for my rails app. Tried to install simply\_searchable and all it did was create a folder in the plugins directory. I do not have subversion, I was trying to install acts\_as\_ferret but that didn’t work either, even said it was installed, but it is not there, just an empty directory. Actaully I am just looking for a simple way to put a search form to search for records in my database, but everything I try doesn’t work. Tried the simple search at the wiki, but all that did was generate a no method error. Very fustrating. Any help would be appreciated. I am a rails newbie. Thanks Brian ---
**Author:** ![friar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b9e5f3/32.png) [@friar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/friar)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugins/143388/2 "2008-07-19T01:34:08Z")
On 17 Jul 2008, at 21:52, friar wrote: > records in my database, but everything I try doesn’t work. Tried the > simple search at the wiki, but all that did was generate a no method > error. Very fustrating. Any help would be appreciated. I am a rails > newbie. For most plugins, installing just means copying some files into vendor/ plugins. By default script/plugin install will just try and do an svn checkout or export so not having subversion could easily kill it. Have you tried installing subversion ? You might need the actual binaries rather than something like tortoisesvn Fred