# Difference between gem install rmagick and port rb-rmagick

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/difference-between-gem-install-rmagick-and-port-rb-rmagick/166417>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 24, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/difference-between-gem-install-rmagick-and-port-rb-rmagick/166417 "2009-04-24T22:57:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![pitosalas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@pitosalas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pitosalas)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/difference-between-gem-install-rmagick-and-port-rb-rmagick/166417/1 "2009-04-24T22:57:41Z")

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This is an instance of a more general question…

What is the difference if I install a gem with gem install vs.  
installing it with port (which I already use for other applications)

or, is rb-rmagick something different from the gem called rmagick?

Thanks!

Pito

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**Author:** ![pitosalas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@pitosalas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pitosalas)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/difference-between-gem-install-rmagick-and-port-rb-rmagick/166417/2 "2009-04-24T23:30:26Z")

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Pito S. wrote:

> This is an instance of a more general question…
> 
> What is the difference if I install a gem with gem install vs.  
> installing it with port (which I already use for other applications)
> 
> or, is rb-rmagick something different from the gem called rmagick?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Pito

The software is the same, but the packaging system is different. If you  
install RMagick using the gem command, then you manage it (update,  
remove, etc.) with the gem command. If you install RMagick with the port  
command then you manage it with the port command.

But (version differences aside) RMagick is RMagick no matter how you  
install it.