# Requiring external gems

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/requiring-external-gems/53280>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [November 22, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/requiring-external-gems/53280 "2016-11-22T23:31:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/requiring-external-gems/53280/4 "2016-11-23T13:26:35Z")

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Have you tried “`LOAD_PLUGINS=1 rake your:rake:task`”?

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