# phpBB 3 Importer (old)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-3-importer-old/17397>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [9 Luglio 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-3-importer-old/17397 "2014-07-09T18:57:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![neil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neil/32/102150_2.png) [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)\
**Post date:** [15 Agosto 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-3-importer-old/17397/20 "2014-08-15T20:48:24Z")

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Try this instead:

As discourse user, add to end of /var/www/discourse/Gemfile:

```plaintext
gem 'mysql2'
gem 'ruby-bbcode-to-md', path: '/tmp/ruby-bbcode-to-md'

```

As root:

```plaintext
cd /var/www/discourse
sudo -E -u discourse bundle install --no-deployment --path vendor/bundle

```

As discourse user:

```plaintext
cd /var/www/discourse
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec ruby script/import_scripts/phpbb3.rb bbcode-to-md

```

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