# Troubles for installing rails-1.2.6 on ubuntu 8.04

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/troubles-for-installing-rails-1-2-6-on-ubuntu-8-04/136531>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 3, 2008, 4:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/troubles-for-installing-rails-1-2-6-on-ubuntu-8-04/136531 "2008-05-03T04:48:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![rustam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@rustam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rustam)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 4:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/troubles-for-installing-rails-1-2-6-on-ubuntu-8-04/136531/1 "2008-05-03T04:48:01Z")

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on ubuntu 8.04, rails-2.0.2 as default ,now i want to instal rails-1.2.6  
first i have download these gem packages and install all of then  
successfully include rails-1.2.6  
activesupport-1.4.4.gem,  
activerecord-1.15.6.gem,  
actionpack-1.13.6.gem,  
actionmailer-1.3.6.gem,  
rails-1.2.6.gem

but even installing was finished successfully and when i try to create  
new application using rails-1.2.6 i have got the following massage  
“The program ‘rails’ is currently not installed. You can install it by  
typing:  
apt-get install rails  
bash: rails: command not found”  
i have installed the rails-1.2.6. but in massage said not installed ,so  
anybody can help .thanks

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**Author:** ![rustam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@rustam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rustam)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 6:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/troubles-for-installing-rails-1-2-6-on-ubuntu-8-04/136531/2 "2008-05-03T06:23:04Z")

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it is a bit of an exacting exercise in semantics to get it to go

here is a thread but just of it is below.

[http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse\_thread/thread/174c9b9d5cd6ec1a/70f12b323a5d4ae5?lnk=gst&q=prior+version#70f12b323a5d4ae5](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_thread/thread/174c9b9d5cd6ec1a/70f12b323a5d4ae5?lnk=gst&q=prior+version#70f12b323a5d4ae5)

rails _1.2.6_ myproject

Thats:  
rails_1.2.6_myprojectname

Good luck

On May 2, 7:48 pm, Rustam M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![rustam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@rustam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rustam)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 8:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/troubles-for-installing-rails-1-2-6-on-ubuntu-8-04/136531/3 "2008-05-03T08:10:02Z")

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thanks you .i have tried but it still doesn`t work .and gems on my  
system as follow