Rmagick 2.5.2 install in ubuntu

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when i try to install via "gem install rmagick" i get the error

checking for Magick-config... no
Can't install RMagick 2.5.2. Can't find Magick-config in
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin

i also downloaded the tar file - same error

can anyone help?

Thanks

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when i try to install via "gem install rmagick" i get the error

checking for Magick-config... no
Can't install RMagick 2.5.2. Can't find Magick-config in
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin

i also downloaded the tar file - same error

Have you got ImageMagick installed?

Fred

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On 17 Aug 2008, at 06:14, Walter Joseph wrote:

can anyone help?

Thanks
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Walter Joseph wrote:

when i try to install via "gem install rmagick" i get the error

checking for Magick-config... no
Can't install RMagick 2.5.2. Can't find Magick-config in
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin

See http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-faq.html for general instructions. However, a lot of people have blogged about how to install RMagick on Ubuntu, so Googling "ubuntu rmagick" returns a lot of links with Ubuntu-specific instructions.

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RMagick: http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/

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Walter Joseph wrote:

when i try to install via "gem install rmagick" i get the error

checking for Magick-config... no
Can't install RMagick 2.5.2. Can't find Magick-config in
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin

i also downloaded the tar file - same error

can anyone help?

Thanks

I got it. needed the following...

apt-get install libmagick9-dev

thanks

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