# Image\_science 1.0.0 Released

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-science-1-0-0-released/79297>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 14, 2006, 12:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-science-1-0-0-released/79297 "2006-12-14T00:06:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 12:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-science-1-0-0-released/79297/1 "2006-12-14T00:06:11Z")

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image\_science version 1.0.0 has been released!

[http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb](http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb)

ImageScience is a clean and happy Ruby library that generates  
thumbnails – and kicks the living crap out of RMagick. Oh, and it  
doesn’t leak memory like a sieve. 🙂

For more information including build steps, see http://  
[seattlerb.rubyforge.org/](http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/)

Changes:

== 1.0.0 / 2006-12-01

- 1 major enhancement

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**Author:** ![aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-science-1-0-0-released/79297/2 "2006-12-15T16:17:05Z")

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Hi Ryan,

On 13-Dec-06, at 6:04 PM, Ryan D. wrote:

> image\_science version 1.0.0 has been released!
> 
> [http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb](http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb)
> 
> ImageScience is a clean and happy Ruby library that generates  
> thumbnails – and kicks the living crap out of RMagick. Oh, and it  
> doesn’t leak memory like a sieve. 🙂
> 
> For more information including build steps, see http://  
> [seattlerb.rubyforge.org/](http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/)

This is just what I was looking for. Perfect timing.

Am I the only person having an awful time getting FreeImage to link  
on OS X? I finally got it going on the intel architecure, but no luck  
with PPC.

No trouble on linux.

Cheers,  
Bob

> 

* * *

Bob H. – blogs at \<[http://www.recursive.ca/](http://www.recursive.ca/)  
hutch/\>  
Recursive Design Inc. – [http://www.recursive.ca/](http://www.recursive.ca/)  
Raconteur – [http://www.raconteur.info/](http://www.raconteur.info/)  
xampl for Ruby – [http://rubyforge.org/projects/xampl/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/xampl/)

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**Author:** ![aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-science-1-0-0-released/79297/3 "2006-12-15T18:13:32Z")

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On Dec 15, 2006, at 10:15, Bob H. wrote:

> > For more information including build steps, see http://  
> > [seattlerb.rubyforge.org/](http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/)
> 
> This is just what I was looking for. Perfect timing.
> 
> Am I the only person having an awful time getting FreeImage to link  
> on OS X? I finally got it going on the intel architecure, but no  
> luck with PPC.

[http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ImageScience.html](http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ImageScience.html)

–  
Eric H. - removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid - [http://blog.segment7.net](http://blog.segment7.net)

I LIT YOUR GEM ON FIRE!

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**Author:** ![aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-science-1-0-0-released/79297/4 "2006-12-15T17:07:19Z")

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Tried the latest (1.9) Makefile.osx, but would not link on PPC.

> Am I the only person having an awful time getting FreeImage to link  
> on OS X? I finally got it going on the intel architecure, but no  
> luck with PPC.

–

William B. Birkett - [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
Print Quality Consultant  
Doppelganger, LLC - [http://www.doplganger.com/](http://www.doplganger.com/)

48799 Meadow Drive, Plymouth, MI 48170 (USA)  
Office: (734) 927-4232 FAX: (734) 468-0580  
Cell: (734) 516-4790

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**Author:** ![aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-science-1-0-0-released/79297/5 "2006-12-15T18:25:33Z")

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On Dec 15, 2006, at 11:06 AM, Bill Birkett wrote:

> Tried the latest (1.9) Makefile.osx, but would not link on PPC.

[http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ImageScience.html](http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ImageScience.html)

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**Author:** ![aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-science-1-0-0-released/79297/6 "2006-12-15T18:25:32Z")

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On Dec 15, 2006, at 10:15 AM, Bob H. wrote:

> This is just what I was looking for. Perfect timing.
> 
> Am I the only person having an awful time getting FreeImage to link  
> on OS X? I finally got it going on the intel architecure, but no  
> luck with PPC.
> 
> No trouble on linux.

As the instructions(\*) state:

“NOTE: OSX builds a fat binary, so you need to have the 10.3.9 and  
10.4 SDK’s installed. They are in the “cross-compiling” section of  
the xcode install options.”

and:

“If that doesn’t work, please file a bug and I’ll try to help you  
figure it out and get some notes up here.”

\*) [http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ImageScience.html](http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ImageScience.html)

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**Author:** ![aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-science-1-0-0-released/79297/7 "2006-12-15T21:36:11Z")

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Ryan D. wrote:

> On Dec 15, 2006, at 11:06 AM, Bill Birkett wrote:
> 
> > Tried the latest (1.9) Makefile.osx, but would not link on PPC.
> 
> [http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ImageScience.html](http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ImageScience.html)

My build of FreeImage ended with:

lipo -create libfreeimage-3.9.2.dylib-ppc libfreeimage-3.9.2.dylib-i386  
-output libfreeimage-3.9.2.dylib  
lipo: libfreeimage-3.9.2.dylib-ppc and libfreeimage-3.9.2.dylib-i386  
have the same architectures (ppc) and can’t be in the same fat output  
file  
make[1]: \*\*\* [libfreeimage-3.9.2.dylib] Error 1  
make: \*\*\* [default] Error 2

Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?

–Dale M.

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**Author:** ![aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-science-1-0-0-released/79297/8 "2006-12-15T22:50:27Z")

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On 15-Dec-06, at 3:35 PM, Dale M. wrote:

> lipo -create libfreeimage-3.9.2.dylib-ppc libfreeimage-3.9.2.dylib-  
> i386  
> -output libfreeimage-3.9.2.dylib  
> lipo: libfreeimage-3.9.2.dylib-ppc and libfreeimage-3.9.2.dylib-i386  
> have the same architectures (ppc) and can’t be in the same fat output  
> file  
> make[1]: \*\*\* [libfreeimage-3.9.2.dylib] Error 1  
> make: \*\*\* [default] Error 2
> 
> Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?

Nope. I have the same problem.

Filed a bug: \<[https://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php](https://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php)?  
func=detail&aid=7290&group\_id=1513&atid=5921\>

Cheers,  
Bob

> –Dale M.

* * *

Bob H. – blogs at \<[http://www.recursive.ca/](http://www.recursive.ca/)  
hutch/\>  
Recursive Design Inc. – [http://www.recursive.ca/](http://www.recursive.ca/)  
Raconteur – [http://www.raconteur.info/](http://www.raconteur.info/)  
xampl for Ruby – [http://rubyforge.org/projects/xampl/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/xampl/)

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**Author:** ![aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-science-1-0-0-released/79297/9 "2006-12-15T22:00:15Z")

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On Dec 15, 2006, at 3:35 PM, Dale M. wrote:

> lipo -create libfreeimage-3.9.2.dylib-ppc libfreeimage-3.9.2.dylib-  
> i386  
> -output libfreeimage-3.9.2.dylib  
> lipo: libfreeimage-3.9.2.dylib-ppc and libfreeimage-3.9.2.dylib-i386  
> have the same architectures (ppc) and can’t be in the same fat output  
> file  
> make[1]: \*\*\* [libfreeimage-3.9.2.dylib] Error 1  
> make: \*\*\* [default] Error 2
> 
> Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?

As the instructions(\*) state:

“NOTE: OSX builds a fat binary, so you need to have the 10.3.9 and  
10.4 SDK’s installed. They are in the “cross-compiling” section of  
the xcode install options.”

and:

“If that doesn’t work, please file a bug and I’ll try to help you  
figure it out and get some notes up here.”

\*) [http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ImageScience.html](http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ImageScience.html)
