# Rails2.3 plugin install git:// problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails2-3-plugin-install-git-problem/161817>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 2, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails2-3-plugin-install-git-problem/161817 "2009-03-02T19:45:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@rick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rick)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails2-3-plugin-install-git-problem/161817/1 "2009-03-02T19:45:33Z")

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What am I missing here?

This doesn’t work:

-_- mode: compilation; default-directory: “~/journeys/” -_-  
Compilation started at Mon Mar 2 08:13:15

script/plugin install git://github.com/rubyist/aasm.git  
Plugin not found: [“git://github.com/rubyist/aasm.git”]

Compilation exited abnormally with code 1 at Mon Mar 2 08:13:17

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This does:

-_- mode: compilation; default-directory: “~/journeys/vendor/plugins/”  
-_-  
Compilation started at Mon Mar 2 08:14:48

git clone git://github.com/rubyist/aasm.git  
Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/rick/journeys/vendor/  
plugins/aasm/.git/  
remote: Counting objects: 544, done.  
remote: Compressing objects: 0% (1/203)  
.  
.  
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (203/203), done.  
Receiving objects: 0% (1/544)  
.  
.  
Receiving objects: 100% (544/544), 67.77 KiB, done.  
remote: Total 544 (delta 358), reused 507 (delta 335)  
Resolving deltas: 0% (0/358)  
.  
.  
Resolving deltas: 100% (358/358), done.

Compilation finished at Mon Mar 2 08:14:53

thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![rick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@rick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rick)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails2-3-plugin-install-git-problem/161817/2 "2009-03-02T20:12:07Z")

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I have had luck replacing the heading git:// with http://

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**Author:** ![rick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@rick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rick)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails2-3-plugin-install-git-problem/161817/3 "2009-03-02T20:55:25Z")

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-_- mode: compilation; default-directory: “~/journeys/” -_-  
Compilation started at Mon Mar 2 09:31:43

script/plugin install [GitHub - rubyist/aasm: AASM - State machines for Ruby classes](http://github.com/rubyist/aasm.git)  
Plugin not found: [“[GitHub - rubyist/aasm: AASM - State machines for Ruby classes](http://github.com/rubyist/aasm.git)”]

Compilation exited abnormally with code 1 at Mon Mar 2 09:31:45

I can access a site that advertises an http location, though I’m not  
sure it’s not the svn in the path that makes it work.

For instance:  
-_- mode: compilation; default-directory: “~/journeys/” -_-  
Compilation started at Mon Mar 2 09:42:25

script/plugin install  
[http://mabs29.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/plugins/simple\_access\_control](http://mabs29.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/plugins/simple_access_control)

- ./README
- ./Rakefile
- ./init.rb
- ./install.rb
- ./lib/simple\_access\_control.rb
- ./tasks/simple\_access\_control\_tasks.rake
- ./test/simple\_access\_control\_test.rb

Compilation finished at Mon Mar 2 09:42:31

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**Author:** ![rick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@rick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rick)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails2-3-plugin-install-git-problem/161817/4 "2009-03-02T20:12:46Z")

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On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Rick [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> git clone git://github.com/rubyist/aasm.git  
> Receiving objects: 100% (544/544), 67.77 KiB, done.  
> remote: Total 544 (delta 358), reused 507 (delta 335)  
> Resolving deltas: 0% (0/358)  
> .  
> .  
> Resolving deltas: 100% (358/358), done.
> 
> Compilation finished at Mon Mar 2 08:14:53
> 
> thanks in advance

Hi, if you’re wanting to install Rails 2.3, you have a couple of  
options:

a) As Gem

sudo gem install rails --source=[http://gems.rubyonrails.org](http://gems.rubyonrails.org)

b) Edge Rails (within a project)

rake rails:freeze:edge

Good luck,

-Conrad