Having Problem Installing RMagick

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I'm trying to install RMagick on Kubuntu Dapper using Rubygems. My
installation is failing with the following error message:

configure: error: Can't install RMagick. Can't find Magick-config or
GraphicsMagick-config program.

ERROR: While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)
    ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
Gem files will remain installed in
/usr//lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.5 for inspection.

Results logged to
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.5/gem_make.out

···

-------------------------------------------------
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.5/gem_make.out is an empty
file.

My guess is that there's something I need to install, but I haven't the
foggiest what package. I've browsed through Synaptic, but I don't see an
obvious development package I've missed.

Could someone offer me a little help here?

Thanks in advance
---Michael

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Alle venerdì 6 aprile 2007, Michael Satterwhite ha scritto:

I'm trying to install RMagick on Kubuntu Dapper using Rubygems. My
installation is failing with the following error message:

configure: error: Can't install RMagick. Can't find Magick-config or
GraphicsMagick-config program.

ERROR: While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)
    ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
Gem files will remain installed in
/usr//lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.5 for inspection.

Results logged to
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.5/gem_make.out

-------------------------------------------------
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.5/gem_make.out is an empty
file.

My guess is that there's something I need to install, but I haven't the
foggiest what package. I've browsed through Synaptic, but I don't see an
obvious development package I've missed.

Could someone offer me a little help here?

Thanks in advance
---Michael

The first line of the error message tells that the installation script wasn't
able to find one of the two programs Magick-config or GraphicsMagick-config.
Going to the Ubuntu packages site (Ubuntu – Error) and entering
that name in the search contents of packages field, you'll find that the
package you need is called libmagick9-dev (note: I don't use
Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu, so I can't test my suggestion.)

I hope this helps

Stefano

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Michael Satterwhite wrote:

I'm trying to install RMagick on Kubuntu Dapper using Rubygems. My
installation is failing with the following error message:

configure: error: Can't install RMagick. Can't find Magick-config or
GraphicsMagick-config program.
  

Google "rmagick kubuntu install" gets me this hit. I notice it was last updated on 2/27/2006.

http://blog.inlet-media.de/rmagick-does-not-play-well-on-ubuntu