# Need help to install RMagick **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [September 18, 2007, 12:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-to-install-rmagick/114872 "2007-09-18T12:54:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pacochin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pacochin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pacochin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 12:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-to-install-rmagick/114872/1 "2007-09-18T12:54:43Z")
Hi Guys, I need help to installed RMagick into my window laptop… # I run a command and i got this error… D:\myrails\test\>gem install rmagick Bulk updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org) Building native extensions. This could take a while… ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError) ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. ruby gem\_extconf.rb install rmagick sh configure gem\_extconf.rb:38: undefined method `exitstatus’ for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError ) Gem files will remain installed in c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ rmagick-1.15.1 0 for inspection. Results logged to c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.10/ gem\_make.out # D:\myrails\test\> please help…thks ---
**Author:** ![pacochin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pacochin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pacochin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-to-install-rmagick/114872/2 "2007-09-18T15:49:47Z")
pacochin wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I need help to installed RMagick into my window laptop… [http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-faq.html#win](http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-faq.html#win)