# CORE\_RL\_magick\_.dll not found

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/core-rl-magick-dll-not-found/125688>\
**Category:** Deployment\
**Created:** [January 11, 2008, 6:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/core-rl-magick-dll-not-found/125688 "2008-01-11T06:02:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![nikhilvaghela](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/a88e57/32.png) [@nikhilvaghela](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nikhilvaghela)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 6:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/core-rl-magick-dll-not-found/125688/1 "2008-01-11T06:02:29Z")

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Hii,  
I am trying to run RmagicK 1.15 on WIn 2000 with ruby 1.8.6 and gem  
1.0.1.  
i am getting an error CORE\_RL\_magick\_.dll not found inspite of  
repeated installation. i am not sure where Rmagick is comaptable  
with Win-2000 as i read at one place that it ins’nt Some oone plz help  
me out of this problem…  
Thanking YOu in Advance…

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**Author:** ![nikhilvaghela](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/a88e57/32.png) [@nikhilvaghela](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nikhilvaghela)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/core-rl-magick-dll-not-found/125688/2 "2008-01-11T14:47:42Z")

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I’m not completely sure, but have you checked your paths to make sure  
that ruby is looking in the right place for the library, that may be  
the issue.

Also, depending on what you need, Image Science is pretty nice and alt  
faster: [http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ImageScience.html](http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ImageScience.html)

On Jan 10, 11:02 pm, Nikhil V. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![nikhilvaghela](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/a88e57/32.png) [@nikhilvaghela](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nikhilvaghela)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/core-rl-magick-dll-not-found/125688/3 "2008-01-11T16:05:51Z")

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On Jan 11, 2008 10:47 AM, Hugh T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I’m not completely sure, but have you checked your paths to make sure  
> that ruby is looking in the right place for the library, that may be  
> the issue.
> 
> Also, depending on what you need, Image Science is pretty nice and alt  
> faster: [http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ImageScience.html](http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ImageScience.html)

For the ImageScience gem, you can grab the pre-compiled (inlined) gem  
from my page:

[http://mmediasys.com/ruby](http://mmediasys.com/ruby)

You will need the FreeImage binaries (dll) to be in the path (extract  
them to system32).

Regarding RMagick I cannot comment since I no longer use it.

## HTH,

## Luis L. Multimedia systems

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