# Recommended Install Approach

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recommended-install-approach/105665>\
**Category:** Radiant CMS\
**Created:** [June 1, 2007, 6:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recommended-install-approach/105665 "2007-06-01T06:12:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![djmorphine](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@djmorphine](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/djmorphine)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 6:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recommended-install-approach/105665/1 "2007-06-01T06:12:48Z")

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Hi Guys,

I currently have several radiant apps that are all installed off the  
svn trunk (some of which are no longer up-to-date). I’ve seen mention  
of the preferred way of installing Radiant as switching back to the  
gem and perhaps going with instance mode if you think you’ll be  
modifying any code. Is this the case or do you recommend I just stick  
with the trunk? If you do recommend the trunk are there any  
tags/revisions I should target instead of the latest?

Cheers,  
Marty

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**Author:** ![djmorphine](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@djmorphine](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/djmorphine)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 6:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recommended-install-approach/105665/2 "2007-06-01T06:32:50Z")

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Marty H. wrote:

> I currently have several radiant apps that are all installed off the  
> svn trunk (some of which are no longer up-to-date). I’ve seen mention  
> of the preferred way of installing Radiant as switching back to the  
> gem and perhaps going with instance mode if you think you’ll be  
> modifying any code. Is this the case or do you recommend I just stick  
> with the trunk? If you do recommend the trunk are there any  
> tags/revisions I should target instead of the latest?

Instance mode is the preferred way of running Radiant now. And you can  
still run off of trunk, it’s just a whole lot easier in instance mode:

rake radiant:freeze:edge

–  
John L.  
[http://wiseheartdesign.com](http://wiseheartdesign.com)