# Need help to install FileMagic on Ubuntu Fiesty

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-to-install-filemagic-on-ubuntu-fiesty/110655>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 28, 2007, 11:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-to-install-filemagic-on-ubuntu-fiesty/110655 "2007-07-28T23:31:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 11:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-to-install-filemagic-on-ubuntu-fiesty/110655/1 "2007-07-28T23:31:10Z")

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I’m trying to install FileMagic on Ubuntu. I’ve done this a number of  
times on OS X (swapping out apt-get for macports) like so:

$ apt-get install file  
$ curl -O [http://grub.ath.cx/filemagic/ruby-filemagic-0.1.1.tar.gz](http://grub.ath.cx/filemagic/ruby-filemagic-0.1.1.tar.gz)  
$ tar -xzf ruby-filemagic-0.1.1.tar.gz  
$ cd ruby-filemagic-0.1.1.tar.gz  
$ ruby extconf.rb

Then make & make install. I can’t seem to manage on Ubuntu though. The  
error I’m getting during extconf is:

checking for magic\_open() in -lmagic… no  
\*\*\* ERROR: missing required library to compile this module  
\*\*\* extconf.rb failed \*\*\*

Can anyone help?