# ImageMagick and RMagick on Mac OSX **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 24, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/imagemagick-and-rmagick-on-mac-osx/83223 "2007-01-24T13:35:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![deHakkelaar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@deHakkelaar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/deHakkelaar)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/imagemagick-and-rmagick-on-mac-osx/83223/1 "2007-01-24T13:35:37Z")
Dear Ruby people, I want on my Mac Mini (Mac OSX 10.4.8, intel processor) ImageMagick and RMagick. I’ve tried everything and nothing works. Fink, DarwinPorts, installing from the source… I think I’ve got the wrong X11, but I’ve installed it with a update from 2006. I’m very very very desperate ( I love to code, but I hate systems 😉 ). Please help me ---
**Author:** ![deHakkelaar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@deHakkelaar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/deHakkelaar)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 1:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/imagemagick-and-rmagick-on-mac-osx/83223/2 "2007-01-24T13:42:38Z")
You should try: [http://locomotive.raaum.org/](http://locomotive.raaum.org/) Locomotive is RoR software for MacOSX. It has a bundle which lets you can add RMagick. ---
**Author:** ![deHakkelaar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@deHakkelaar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/deHakkelaar)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/imagemagick-and-rmagick-on-mac-osx/83223/3 "2007-01-24T14:13:43Z")
On 24 Jan, 12:34, “deHakkelaar” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I want on my Mac Mini (Mac OSX 10.4.8, intel processor) ImageMagick and > RMagick. I’ve tried everything and nothing works. Fink, DarwinPorts, > installing from the source… I think I’ve got the wrong X11, but I’ve > installed it with a update from 2006. I tend to use Fink for most things, but for RMagick I found it easier to just install everything from source. It’s a finicky beast. I followed the basic steps from here: [http://hivelogic.com/narrative/articles/rmagick\_os\_x](http://hivelogic.com/narrative/articles/rmagick_os_x) except for the ImageMagick configuration, which I took from here: [http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-osx.html](http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-osx.html) Also, I installed everything into /usr/local to keep it as clean and separated as possible. If you’re still having problems, perhaps you could the specific error message you’re getting? Chris ---
**Author:** ![deHakkelaar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@deHakkelaar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/deHakkelaar)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/imagemagick-and-rmagick-on-mac-osx/83223/4 "2007-01-24T14:44:48Z")
Take a look here: [http://blog.labratz.net/articles/2006/10/10/really-truly-getting-imagemagick-rmagick-working-on-osx-from-source-without-using-macports-darwinports-or-fink](http://blog.labratz.net/articles/2006/10/10/really-truly-getting-imagemagick-rmagick-working-on-osx-from-source-without-using-macports-darwinports-or-fink) ---
**Author:** ![deHakkelaar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@deHakkelaar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/deHakkelaar)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/imagemagick-and-rmagick-on-mac-osx/83223/5 "2007-01-24T15:28:54Z")
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 04:34:51AM -0800, deHakkelaar wrote: > I want on my Mac Mini (Mac OSX 10.4.8, intel processor) ImageMagick and > RMagick. I’ve tried everything and nothing works. Fink, DarwinPorts, > installing from the source… I think I’ve got the wrong X11, but I’ve > installed it with a update from 2006. The X11 version may or may not be an issue. I suspect it’s fine, however, as long as you have include files in /usr/X11R6/include/X11. > I’m very very very desperate ( I love to code, but I hate systems 😉 > Please help me I hate administration crap as well, which is why I use Fink: fink install imagemagick10-dev gem install rmagick That’s all I needed to do. It is very important, however, to install imagemagick10-dev and not imagemagick-dev. –Greg