# Installing rmagick - failed **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 19, 2009, 7:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rmagick-failed/168285 "2009-05-19T07:47:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 7:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rmagick-failed/168285/1 "2009-05-19T07:47:47Z")
Downloaded the latest rmagic, typed in sudo gem install rmagick, and got some failures: checking for Magick-config… no … Can’t install RMagick 2.9.2. Can’t find Magick-config in /usr/local/ bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/ sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin Anyone have any idea? I want to install on OSX, not super familiar with installing gems. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 9:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rmagick-failed/168285/2 "2009-05-19T09:25:44Z")
On May 19, 6:47 am, “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Downloaded the latest rmagic, typed in sudo gem install rmagick, and > got some failures: Do you have imagemagick installed ?(one of the easier ways is to install it via macports) Fred ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 8:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rmagick-failed/168285/3 "2009-05-20T08:28:35Z")
I’m not sure… I have no idea. Hhow would I check? I’ve tried looking up for a while but can’t find anything. Hivelogic has a good tutorial, but none of the zip files are working. ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rmagick-failed/168285/4 "2009-05-20T13:02:57Z")
On May 20, 7:27 am, “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’m not sure… I have no idea. Hhow would I check? If you don’t remember doing it then you almost certainly haven’t done it. On a mac I usually install Imagemagick via macports. Fred ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rmagick-failed/168285/5 "2009-05-20T18:48:20Z")
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > Downloaded the latest rmagic, typed in sudo gem install rmagick, and > got some failures: > > checking for Magick-config… no > … > Can’t install RMagick 2.9.2. Can’t find Magick-config in /usr/local/ > bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/ > sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin > > Anyone have any idea? I want to install on OSX, not super familiar > with installing gems. > > Thanks! “How do I install RMagick on OS X?” [http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-faq.html#osx](http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-faq.html#osx) ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rmagick-failed/168285/6 "2009-05-20T15:41:34Z")
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 1:27 AM, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)wrote: > I’m not sure… I have no idea. Hhow would I check? > > I’ve tried looking up for a while but can’t find anything. Hivelogic > has a good tutorial, but none of the zip files are working. When you say none of the zip files are working, what do you mean exactly. Are you getting compile errors? Cheers– Charles