This is probably more of a plain Ruby question. How do I run a Rails application when Rails lives in a non-standard location. There are two cases where this is interesting: Having multiple versions of Rails installed and switching a project among them. In my case, I''d like to be able to alternate between the current debian package and the latest SVN version. Hosting an app at an impoverished web hoster, i.e. one where Ruby is available, but not Rails. Michael -- Michael Schuerig All good people read good books mailto:michael-q5aiKMLteq4b1SvskN2V4Q@public.gmane.org Now your conscience is clear http://www.schuerig.de/michael/ --Tanita Tikaram, Twist In My Sobriety