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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

On 17 Aug 2008, at 06:14, 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
>
Have you got ImageMagick installed?

Fred

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.

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