# Problem installing plugins

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-installing-plugins/99851>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 25, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-installing-plugins/99851 "2006-07-25T22:49:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jh100000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@jh100000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jh100000)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-installing-plugins/99851/1 "2006-07-25T22:49:52Z")

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I’m trying to install a plugin using the supplied command…

$ script/plugin install svn://rubyforge.org//var/svn/backgroundrb

I get an error

sh: line 1: svn: command not found

What am I doing wrong? What is svn, and why is it not found?? It seems  
to work for everyone else…  
Have I missed something in my Ruby install?

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**Author:** ![jh100000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@jh100000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jh100000)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-installing-plugins/99851/2 "2006-07-26T02:55:49Z")

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On 7/25/06, jh100000 [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> What am I doing wrong? What is svn, and why is it not found?? It seems  
> to work for everyone else…  
> Have I missed something in my Ruby install?

svn=subversion (a version control system). you apparently don’t have it  
installed.

[http://subversion.tigris.org/](http://subversion.tigris.org/)

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**Author:** ![jh100000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@jh100000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jh100000)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 4:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-installing-plugins/99851/3 "2006-07-26T04:37:25Z")

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You’re probably running on Windows and have not installed the svn  
binaries. If so, you can get them here:

[http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=91](http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=91)

You should be able to run svn from the command line before installing  
plugins will work.

Ideally, svn would be installed with the One-Click Ruby Installer and  
Instant Rails.

```
        - dan

```

–  
Dan K. [mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
[http://www.dankohn.com/](http://www.dankohn.com/)tel:+1-415-233-1000

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**Author:** ![jh100000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@jh100000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jh100000)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-installing-plugins/99851/4 "2006-07-26T20:30:04Z")

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If he’s running windows, then he needs to say:

ruby script/plugin . . .

Curt

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**Author:** ![jh100000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@jh100000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jh100000)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-installing-plugins/99851/5 "2006-07-26T20:51:41Z")

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Sorry - I should have said I’m running Mac OSX Tiger

I’ve had a look at

[http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=91](http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=91)

but seems to be just Windows binaries for svn. But that has led me to  
this link for MacOS universal binaries…

[http://metissian.com/projects/macosx/subversion/](http://metissian.com/projects/macosx/subversion/)

and it worked! I’ve now managed to get backgroundRb installed.

Thanks everyone!

–John