# Problem installing plugin with SVN

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-installing-plugin-with-svn/127918>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 2, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-installing-plugin-with-svn/127918 "2008-02-02T17:17:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![flychunjae](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/3ab097/32.png) [@flychunjae](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/flychunjae)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-installing-plugin-with-svn/127918/1 "2008-02-02T17:17:16Z")

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hi all,

i’m a newb learning ruby on rails and i’m having problem setting up the  
subversion and the repository on windows to install the plugins. can  
anyone provide exact steps to get the repository directory and checkout  
and get the plugins? or any kind of indepth tutorial on getting the svn  
directory setup links would be great

thanks!

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**Author:** ![flychunjae](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/3ab097/32.png) [@flychunjae](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/flychunjae)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 5:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-installing-plugin-with-svn/127918/2 "2008-02-03T05:53:11Z")

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Richard,

Can you explain a little a mor eabotu what you are trying to  
accomplish, and where you are at thus far?

-Are you trying to set-up an SVN server and repository for managing  
and versioning the rails application you are creating?

-Are you trying to set-up and SVN client so you can checkout/install  
plugins, etc from SVN repositories into your rails application?

-What OS are your on OSX, Windows, or Linus/Unix?

-Are you using an IDE such as Aptanta?

Some general thoughts/tips:

for general SVN information and downloads look at:  
[http://subversion.tigris.org](http://subversion.tigris.org)  
and [http://opencollab.net](http://opencollab.net)

for a free yet powerful graphical subversion client look here:  
[http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/](http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/)

for a Windows IDE I use Aptana and it make life much easier:  
[http://72.3.219.182/rails/](http://72.3.219.182/rails/) or [http://aptana.org](http://aptana.org)

for a RoR stack that includes Subversion (SVN) look here:  
[Ruby Cloud Hosting, Ruby Installer, Docker Container and VM](http://bitnami.org/stack/rubystack) or search for InstantRails 2.0.