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Asked: 2026-05-24T20:30:20+00:00

I am completely new to Ruby and need to use Ruby on Rails 2.3.5

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I am completely new to Ruby and need to use Ruby on Rails 2.3.5 on Windows. I have downloaded the zip from GitHub here: https://github.com/rails/rails/tree/v2.3.5

There was no gem file so I tried rake in the extracted directory. It took ages and seemed to have a lot of errors, but it did eventually complete.

There was no gem file created (is this even what rake is supposed to do?). And rails is not installed (typing rails at the command prompt doesnt work).

Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

EDIT: I cannot use gem install rails -v “2.3.5” as I am behind a firewall. I think I need to install it from local files.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I would recommended you download the gems of Rails 2.3.5 from: http://rubygems.org/gems/rails/versions/2.3.5

    You also need other dependencies, such as:

    • actionmailer = 2.3.5
    • actionpack = 2.3.5
    • activerecord = 2.3.5
    • activeresource = 2.3.5
    • activesupport = 2.3.5
    • rake >= 0.8.3

    Since you do not have an direct internet connection, you need to download them by hand.

    After you download them, use “gem install xxx.gem” to install

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