# Rails installation fails!

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-installation-fails/53272>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 31, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-installation-fails/53272 "2006-01-31T00:29:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![NDNDND](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@NDNDND](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/NDNDND)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-installation-fails/53272/1 "2006-01-31T00:29:14Z")

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What do I need to do inorder to install rails? - Thx -ND

C:\>gem install rails  
Attempting local installation of ‘rails’  
ERROR: Error installing gem rails[.gem]: rails requires rake \>= 0.6.2

C:\>gem install rails-1.0.0.gem  
Attempting local installation of ‘rails-1.0.0.gem’  
ERROR: Error installing gem rails-1.0.0.gem[.gem]: rails requires rake

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**Author:** ![NDNDND](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@NDNDND](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/NDNDND)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-installation-fails/53272/2 "2006-01-31T00:33:45Z")

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ND wrote:

> What do I need to do inorder to install rails? - Thx -ND
> 
> C:\>gem install rails  
> gem install rails --include-dependencies

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**Author:** ![NDNDND](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@NDNDND](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/NDNDND)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 1:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-installation-fails/53272/3 "2006-04-14T13:07:41Z")

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Alex Y. wrote:

> ND wrote:
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> > What do I need to do inorder to install rails? - Thx -ND
> > 
> > C:\>gem install rails  
> > gem install rails --include-dependencies

when i use the following install command on my windows server  
gem install rails --include-dependencies

i get the following error:  
ERROR: Error installing gem rails[.gem]: rails requires rake \>= 0.7.1

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![NDNDND](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@NDNDND](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/NDNDND)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 8:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-installation-fails/53272/4 "2006-04-15T08:57:17Z")

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Daan wrote:

> Alex Y. wrote:
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> > ND wrote:
> > 
> > > What do I need to do inorder to install rails? - Thx -ND
> > > 
> > > C:\>gem install rails  
> > > gem install rails --include-dependencies
> 
> when i use the following install command on my windows server  
> gem install rails --include-dependencies
> 
> i get the following error:  
> ERROR: Error installing gem rails[.gem]: rails requires rake \>= 0.7.1
> 
> Thanks in advance

rake is another utility distributed in gem form. try installing rake  
first, THEN installing rails.

I guess the computer you’re installing it don’t have internet  
connection? when installing rails, the other gems are pulled form server  
to satisfy the dependencies.

HTH,

Luis