# Rails installation - incompatible rake?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-installation-incompatible-rake/99986>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 1, 2006, 11:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-installation-incompatible-rake/99986 "2006-02-01T23:28:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nirav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f1d935/32.png) [@Nirav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nirav)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 11:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-installation-incompatible-rake/99986/1 "2006-02-01T23:28:09Z")

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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:** ![Nirav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f1d935/32.png) [@Nirav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nirav)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-installation-incompatible-rake/99986/2 "2006-02-01T23:36:46Z")

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Nirav wrote:

> 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

The rails gem has dependencies on a number of other gems. When  
installed from the net, the dependencies are resolved automatically.  
When you install a local .gem file, you must get all the dependent gems  
as well and install them first.

If you have net access, the easiest way is to use the command:

gem install rails --include-dependencies --remote

–  
– Jim W.