# Gem Rmagick install problem on Linux **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 30, 2006, 12:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-rmagick-install-problem-on-linux/96633 "2006-06-30T12:13:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@thila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thila)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-rmagick-install-problem-on-linux/96633/1 "2006-06-30T12:13:12Z")
I get the following error when I try to install Rmagic (via gem) on Linux. Do I need to install anyting before installing rmagic? This worked seamlessly on windows. What the best way to install it on Linux. I am on RedHat ES 3. /thanks -thila Attempting local installation of ‘rmagick’ Local gem file not found: rmagick\*.gem Attempting remote installation of ‘rmagick’ Building native extensions. This could take a while… configure: error: Can’t install RMagick. Can’t find Magick-config or GraphicsMag ick-config program. ERROR: While executing gem … (RuntimeError) ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. Gem files will remain installed in /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.13.0 for inspection. ruby gem\_extconf.rb install rmagick\n sh configure Configuring RMagick 1.13.0 checking for gcc… gcc checking for C compiler default output file name… a.out checking whether the C compiler works… yes checking whether we are cross compiling… no checking for suffix of executables… checking for suffix of object files… o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler… yes checking whether gcc accepts -g… yes checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C… none needed checking for ruby… /usr/local/bin/ruby checking for Magick-config… no checking for GraphicsMagick-config… no RMagick configuration failed with status 1. ---
**Author:** ![thila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@thila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thila)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-rmagick-install-problem-on-linux/96633/2 "2006-06-30T16:40:59Z")
thila thila wrote: > I get the following error when I try to install Rmagic (via gem) on > Linux. Do I need to install anyting before installing rmagic? This > worked seamlessly on windows. What the best way to install it on Linux. > I am on RedHat ES 3. /thanks [http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-faq.html](http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-faq.html) ---
**Author:** ![thila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@thila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thila)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-rmagick-install-problem-on-linux/96633/3 "2006-06-30T16:48:33Z")
thila thila wrote: > I get the following error when I try to install Rmagic (via gem) on > Linux. Do I need to install anyting before installing rmagic? This > worked seamlessly on windows. What the best way to install it on Linux. > I am on RedHat ES 3. /thanks > > -thila > > Attempting local installation of ‘rmagick’ > Local gem file not found: rmagick\*.gem > Attempting remote installation of ‘rmagick’ > Building native extensions. This could take a while… > configure: error: Can’t install RMagick. Can’t find Magick-config or > GraphicsMag > ick-config program. > ERROR: While executing gem … (RuntimeError) > ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. > Gem files will remain installed in > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.13.0 for inspection. > ruby gem\_extconf.rb install rmagick\n > sh configure > > Configuring RMagick 1.13.0 > checking for gcc… gcc > checking for C compiler default output file name… a.out > checking whether the C compiler works… yes > checking whether we are cross compiling… no > checking for suffix of executables… > checking for suffix of object files… o > checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler… yes > checking whether gcc accepts -g… yes > checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C… none needed > checking for ruby… /usr/local/bin/ruby > checking for Magick-config… no > checking for GraphicsMagick-config… no > RMagick configuration failed with status 1. Refer to the following links for steps to install RMagick on Linux. > **[RMagick Installation on Linux](https://saltalert.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/rmagick-installation-on-linux/)** > > Gem install of RMagick on Linux wont work most probably. So follow these steps (A & B) to install RMagick on Linux server if you encounter the following error message: ERROR: While executing ge… > **[ImageMagick install problem on Linux](https://saltalert.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/imagemagick-install-problem-on-linux/)** > > ImageMagick is a real simple process to install. However, it depends on lot of libraries to successfully compile. This post outlines the fix if you get the following error messge: “imagmagick… ---
**Author:** ![thila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@thila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thila)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-rmagick-install-problem-on-linux/96633/4 "2006-06-30T16:49:14Z")
thila thila wrote: > I get the following error when I try to install Rmagic (via gem) on > Linux. Do I need to install anyting before installing rmagic? This > worked seamlessly on windows. What the best way to install it on Linux. > I am on RedHat ES 3. /thanks > > -thila > > Attempting local installation of ‘rmagick’ > Local gem file not found: rmagick\*.gem > Attempting remote installation of ‘rmagick’ > Building native extensions. This could take a while… > configure: error: Can’t install RMagick. Can’t find Magick-config or > GraphicsMag > ick-config program. > ERROR: While executing gem … (RuntimeError) > ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. > Gem files will remain installed in > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.13.0 for inspection. > ruby gem\_extconf.rb install rmagick\n > sh configure > > Configuring RMagick 1.13.0 > checking for gcc… gcc > checking for C compiler default output file name… a.out > checking whether the C compiler works… yes > checking whether we are cross compiling… no > checking for suffix of executables… > checking for suffix of object files… o > checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler… yes > checking whether gcc accepts -g… yes > checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C… none needed > checking for ruby… /usr/local/bin/ruby > checking for Magick-config… no > checking for GraphicsMagick-config… no > RMagick configuration failed with status 1. Refer to the following links for steps to install RMagick on Linux. > **[RMagick Installation on Linux](https://saltalert.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/rmagick-installation-on-linux/)** > > Gem install of RMagick on Linux wont work most probably. So follow these steps (A & B) to install RMagick on Linux server if you encounter the following error message: ERROR: While executing ge… > **[ImageMagick install problem on Linux](https://saltalert.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/imagemagick-install-problem-on-linux/)** > > ImageMagick is a real simple process to install. However, it depends on lot of libraries to successfully compile. This post outlines the fix if you get the following error messge: “imagmagick…