# Problem in installing RMagick

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-in-installing-rmagick/113467>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 31, 2007, 12:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-in-installing-rmagick/113467 "2007-08-31T12:12:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![vijayendra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/a87d85/32.png) [@vijayendra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vijayendra)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 12:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-in-installing-rmagick/113467/1 "2007-08-31T12:12:59Z")

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Hi friends

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   I am trying to install RMagick its giving error like this :

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C:\download\RMagick-1.14.1\_IM-6.3.0-7-Q8\>gem install  
rmagick-1.14.1-win32.gem --local  
ERROR: Error installing gem rmagick-1.14.1-win32.gem[.gem]: Permission  
denied - ext/RMagick.so

what went wrong . i downloaded the gem and trying to install  
plz help me

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**Author:** ![vijayendra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/a87d85/32.png) [@vijayendra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vijayendra)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 7:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-in-installing-rmagick/113467/2 "2007-09-04T07:14:57Z")

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i faced the same problem for the solution i just download the gem  
package tht includes image maigick setup. Then first i install image  
magick and then Rmagick through downloaded Gem.

Arun A.

Vijayendra A. wrote:

> Hi friends
> 
> ```
> I am trying to install RMagick its giving error like this :
> 
> ```
> 
> C:\download\RMagick-1.14.1\_IM-6.3.0-7-Q8\>gem install  
> rmagick-1.14.1-win32.gem --local  
> ERROR: Error installing gem rmagick-1.14.1-win32.gem[.gem]: Permission  
> denied - ext/RMagick.so
> 
> what went wrong . i downloaded the gem and trying to install  
> plz help me

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**Author:** ![vijayendra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/a87d85/32.png) [@vijayendra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vijayendra)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-in-installing-rmagick/113467/3 "2007-09-04T11:28:23Z")

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Arun A. wrote:

> i faced the same problem for the solution i just download the gem  
> package tht includes image maigick setup. Then first i install image  
> magick and then Rmagick through downloaded Gem.
> 
> Arun A.
> 
> Vijayendra A. wrote:
> 
> > Hi friends
> > 
> > ```
> > I am trying to install RMagick its giving error like this :
> > 
> > ```
> > 
> > C:\download\RMagick-1.14.1\_IM-6.3.0-7-Q8\>gem install  
> > rmagick-1.14.1-win32.gem --local  
> > ERROR: Error installing gem rmagick-1.14.1-win32.gem[.gem]: Permission  
> > denied - ext/RMagick.so
> > 
> > what went wrong . i downloaded the gem and trying to install  
> > plz help me

In case this helps, RMagick have just released another windows version  
(i think that last one was broken hence going back to the previous) -  
[http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=12](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=12)

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**Author:** ![vijayendra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/a87d85/32.png) [@vijayendra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vijayendra)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 7:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-in-installing-rmagick/113467/4 "2007-09-07T07:28:57Z")

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just battled with that install…and got it done.

- first check if you do ne have a failed install in your gem  
check the ruby\gems\1.8\gems folder and if you see a rmagick-xxx  
folder delete it
- then updatde your gem:  
gem update --system
- then that should work  
I have gem 0.9.4 ruby 1.8.6 and installed rmagick-1.14.1-win32.gem  
from the rmagick-win32-1.13.0\_IM-6.2.9-3 package