# How to install the bootsnap gem?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-the-bootsnap-gem/61600
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [2017 年 4 月 25 日午後 9:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-the-bootsnap-gem/61600 "2017-04-25T21:44:37Z")
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#### Post date: [2017 年 4 月 27 日午後 7:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-the-bootsnap-gem/61600/7 "2017-04-27T19:58:42Z")

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`@burke` fixed the problem in version 0.2.12. It’s now possible to install the `bootsnap` gem on Linux.

On Ubuntu developers must install the `libsnappy-dev` package, otherwise the installation of the `snappy` gem will fail.

I submitted a PR which updates the script used in the [Beginners Guide to Install Discourse on Ubuntu for Development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-install-discourse-on-ubuntu-for-development/14727) accordingly.

[https://github.com/techAPJ/install-rails/pull/4](https://github.com/techAPJ/install-rails/pull/4)

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