# Migrate a MyBB forum to Discourse
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-a-mybb-forum-to-discourse/130789
**Category:** Sysadmins
**Tags:** how-to
**Created:** [October 11, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-a-mybb-forum-to-discourse/130789 "2019-10-11T13:51:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@Neuro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Neuro)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2021, 4:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-a-mybb-forum-to-discourse/130789/21 "2021-01-11T04:55:00Z")
That’s unfortunate you had to resort to hiring a developer for something like this. Maybe the guide is outdated?
Yeah, I’ll definitely let others know if I figure it out.
@pfaffman I used the command gem install rails to install it.
I used this guide to setup discourse - [discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md)
Can you link me to those guides or a guide that you recommend?
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### Author:  [@Norike](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Norike)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-a-mybb-forum-to-discourse/130789/22 "2023-03-21T14:45:24Z")
Needed to install some extra packages for the `bundle install` to run without errors in Ubuntu Mate 22.10 after following the [Install Discourse for development using Docker](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-for-development-using-docker/102009) guide:
```bash
sudo apt install ruby-bundler ruby-dev libpq-dev libmysqlclient-dev
```
However, there may be still something missing because when I try to run `bundle exec rails db:drop` it tells me `Discourse requires Ruby 3.1 or above`.
And `ruby -v` tells me I’m using `ruby 3.0.4p208 (2022-04-12 revision 3fa771dded) [x86_64-linux-gnu]`.
So I think there’s something wrong with the guides or the scripts.
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### Author:  [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2023, 11:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-a-mybb-forum-to-discourse/130789/24 "2023-05-24T11:55:26Z")
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