# Installing FreeImage/ImageScience? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 26, 2007, 7:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-freeimage-imagescience/86822 "2007-02-26T07:36:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 7:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-freeimage-imagescience/86822/1 "2007-02-26T07:36:03Z")
Is it possible to install and use FreeImage and ImageScience on my local Windows XP machine as well as my remote Linux Rails host? I’d love to use a more efficient solution than RMagick but I’m a little mystified at the instructions for getting started with ImageScience. I see that there’s a DLL which can be downloaded for Windows use, but where would I put that? Would I be better off going with minimagick if this is above my head at the moment? Thanks, Jeff ---
**Author:** ![jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 10:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-freeimage-imagescience/86822/2 "2007-02-26T10:56:18Z")
I haven’t tried ImageScience yet, but it is possible to use ImageMagick without RMagick. MiniMagick is one option but if you only need simple operations, you can do it directly in your code. See [http://atomgiant.com/2007/01/22/dead-simple-image-processing-with-imagemagick/](http://atomgiant.com/2007/01/22/dead-simple-image-processing-with-imagemagick/) as a starting point and ImageMagick commands documentation for further possibilities… – bobes On Feb 26, 7:36 am, Jeff C.man [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 5:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-freeimage-imagescience/86822/3 "2007-02-27T05:58:32Z")
Thanks bobes, I’ll consider that option! In the meantime, does anybody know anything about installing ImageScience to use it locally on Windows and remotely on Linux? Jeff bobes wrote: > I haven’t tried ImageScience yet, but it is possible to use > ImageMagick without RMagick. MiniMagick is one option but if you only > need simple operations, you can do it directly in your code. See > [http://atomgiant.com/2007/01/22/dead-simple-image-processing-with-imagemagick/](http://atomgiant.com/2007/01/22/dead-simple-image-processing-with-imagemagick/) > as a starting point and ImageMagick commands documentation for further > possibilities… > > – bobes > > On Feb 26, 7:36 am, Jeff C.man [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeff)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-freeimage-imagescience/86822/4 "2007-04-17T18:45:13Z")
Jeff C.man wrote: > Thanks bobes, I’ll consider that option! > > In the meantime, does anybody know anything about installing > ImageScience to use it locally on Windows and remotely on Linux? Jeff, Did you figure this out at all? I am trying to get FreeImage working on my machine, and I’ve got the RubyInline attempting to compile whatever C code ImageScience throws at it, but I get compilation errors during that process. Any info. would be appreciated. Thanks, Wes ---
**Author:** ![jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeff)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-freeimage-imagescience/86822/5 "2007-08-28T20:43:11Z")
Wes G. wrote: > Jeff C.man wrote: > > > Thanks bobes, I’ll consider that option! > > > > In the meantime, does anybody know anything about installing > > ImageScience to use it locally on Windows and remotely on Linux? > > Jeff, > > Did you figure this out at all? I am trying to get FreeImage working on > my machine, and I’ve got the RubyInline attempting to compile whatever C > code ImageScience throws at it, but I get compilation errors during that > process. > > Any info. would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Wes Jeff or Wes, Did either of you find out on getting FreeImage working locally on windows XP environment? I have looked at tutorials online, and it seems quite mystical in terms of how to set up FreeImage. I placed the freeimage.dll in the windows directory and loaded up it up using start-\>run-\>regsvr32 FreeImage.dll I get a freeimage.dll was loaded, but the DllRegisterServer entry point was not found. This file cannot be registered. I’m not even sure if this is the right way to do it. If either of you could provide some isight on this, that would be great. Thanks, lab ---
**Author:** ![jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeff)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 4:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-freeimage-imagescience/86822/6 "2007-08-29T04:36:55Z")
lab, I gave up. Sorry that I can’t be of more help. Wes ---
**Author:** ![jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeff)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-freeimage-imagescience/86822/7 "2007-08-29T15:51:36Z")
Wes G. wrote: > lab, > > I gave up. Sorry that I can’t be of more help. > > Wes Ok, thanks anyway. lol first time I had trouble installing something for a windows platform (and that works well on others)…always a first time for everything I suppose! 🙂 lab