# Ruby script/plugin install not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 17, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-script-plugin-install-not-working/168168 "2009-05-17T14:20:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tispratik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/d78d45/32.png) [@tispratik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tispratik)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-script-plugin-install-not-working/168168/1 "2009-05-17T14:20:16Z")
Windows OS. Am running the following command to install authlogic. But the command is not working. Running the script creates an empty folder named authlogic inside /vendor/plugins directory but no files are copied inside it. The script runs within a millisecond and returns without an error. ruby script/plugin install git://github.com/binarylogic/authlogic.git –force Does anyone know about any bug or something? \*\*\* LOCAL GEMS \*\*\* actionmailer (2.3.2) actionpack (2.3.2) activerecord (2.3.2) activeresource (2.3.2) activesupport (2.3.2) capistrano (2.5.5) cgi\_multipart\_eof\_fix (2.5.0) cmdparse (2.0.2) fastthread (1.0.1) fxri (0.3.7) fxruby (1.6.19) gem\_plugin (0.2.3) highline (1.5.1) hpricot (0.8.1) linecache (0.43) log4r (1.0.5) mongrel (1.1.5) mysql (2.7.3) needle (1.3.0) net-scp (1.0.2) net-sftp (2.0.2) net-ssh (2.0.11) net-ssh-gateway (1.0.1) ptools (1.1.6) rails (2.3.2) rake (0.8.7) ruby-debug-base (0.10.3) ruby-debug-ide (0.4.5) rubygems-update (1.3.3) sources (0.0.1) sqlite3-ruby (1.2.1) test-unit (2.0.2) win32-api (1.4.0) win32-clipboard (0.5.1) win32-dir (0.3.4) win32-eventlog (0.5.0) win32-file (0.6.1) win32-file-stat (1.3.3) win32-process (0.6.0) win32-sapi (0.1.4) win32-sound (0.4.1) windows-api (0.3.0) windows-pr (1.0.4) ---
**Author:** ![tispratik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/d78d45/32.png) [@tispratik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tispratik)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-script-plugin-install-not-working/168168/2 "2009-05-17T14:21:28Z")
On May 16, 5:53 pm, tispratik [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Does anyone know about any bug or something? Do you have git installed ? Fred ---
**Author:** ![tispratik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/d78d45/32.png) [@tispratik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tispratik)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-script-plugin-install-not-working/168168/3 "2009-05-17T14:36:07Z")
On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 9:53 AM, tispratik [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > –force > > Does anyone know about any bug or something? > > \*\*\* LOCAL GEMS \*\*\* > > [snip] Did you try installing the gem? For example, gem install authlogic ---
**Author:** ![tispratik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/d78d45/32.png) [@tispratik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tispratik)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-script-plugin-install-not-working/168168/4 "2009-05-18T16:15:15Z")
Yes, the gem installation works. Once the gem was installed, i just cut pasted the folder from ruby gems folder to the vendor/plugins folder in my application and it worked ! I do not have git installed. -Pratik ---
**Author:** ![tispratik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/d78d45/32.png) [@tispratik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tispratik)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-script-plugin-install-not-working/168168/5 "2009-05-18T16:37:56Z")
tispratik wrote: […] > I do not have git installed. > > -Pratik There’s your problem, then! Script/plugin will use your existing Git client when installing from a git:// URL. If you don’t have Git installed, it will fail silently. Personally, I think that this silent failure is horrible from a usability perspective, and I hope to submit a patch for it soon. ## Best, Marnen Laibow-Koser [http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![tispratik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/d78d45/32.png) [@tispratik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tispratik)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-script-plugin-install-not-working/168168/6 "2009-05-18T16:58:47Z")
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 7:14 AM, tispratik [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Yes, the gem installation works. Once the gem was installed, i just > cut pasted the folder from ruby gems folder to the vendor/plugins > folder in my application and it worked ! > I do not have git installed. > > -Pratik Pratik, why is it necessary to manually copy the installed gem and move it to vendor/plugins when you installed it as a gem? -Conrad