# Rmagick install problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-install-problem/76865>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 21, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-install-problem/76865 "2006-11-21T19:56:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![friofool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/6de8d8/32.png) [@friofool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/friofool)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-install-problem/76865/1 "2006-11-21T19:56:00Z")

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hi,

i got the following message when i try to install rmagick :

/usr/bin/ruby -I /home/user/appli/tmp/RMagick-1.14.1/./lib -I  
/home/user/appli/tmp/RMagick-1.14.1/./ext/RMagick OrigCoordSys.rb  
/home/user/appli/tmp/RMagick-1.14.1/./ext/RMagick/RMagick.so:  
libMagick-10.4.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or  
directory - /home/user/appli/tmp/RMagick-1.14.1/./ext/RMagick/RMagick.so  
(LoadError)

my imageMagick lib are in /usr/local/lib and i specify that in my  
LD\_LIBRARY\_PATH but i still have an error…

any idea to help me ?

THX

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**Author:** ![friofool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/6de8d8/32.png) [@friofool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/friofool)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-install-problem/76865/2 "2006-11-24T20:48:40Z")

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Frioffol F. wrote:

> my imageMagick lib are in /usr/local/lib and i specify that in my  
> LD\_LIBRARY\_PATH but i still have an error…
> 
> any idea to help me ?

Ruby is telling you that a required library file is not present  
(libMagick-10.4.0.so.0). Remedy: check to see that the library file is  
present on your system and in your library search path. If it is not  
present and/or accessible, get it, put it in place and try again.

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**Author:** ![friofool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/6de8d8/32.png) [@friofool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/friofool)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2006, 6:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-install-problem/76865/3 "2006-11-25T06:18:20Z")

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Paul L. wrote:

> > libMagick-10.4.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or  
> > (libMagick-10.4.0.so.0). Remedy: check to see that the library file is  
> > present on your system and in your library search path. If it is not  
> > present and/or accessible, get it, put it in place and try again.

For future questioners who find this thread via a search engine, this  
particular issue is addressed here:  
[http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-faq.html#loaderror](http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-faq.html#loaderror).