# RMagick installation on 64bit ubuntu 7.04 **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 24, 2008, 9:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-installation-on-64bit-ubuntu-7-04/141282 "2008-06-24T09:57:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ishan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/3da27b/32.png) [@ishan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ishan)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 9:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-installation-on-64bit-ubuntu-7-04/141282/1 "2008-06-24T09:57:44Z")
Dear All, Thanks in advance ! i have ubuntu 7.04 64 bit installed… i want to install RMagick 2.5 and i have done that installation but it is working ? here are some outputs * * * ## root@bpocanada-desktop:/home/bpocanada/Desktop/ImageMagick-6.4.1# 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… Successfully installed rmagick-2.5.1 1 gem installed * * * root@bpocanada-desktop:/home/bpocanada/test2# irb irb(main):001:0\> require ‘RMagick’ LoadError: no such file to load – RMagick from (irb):1:in `require’ from (irb):1 irb(main):002:0\> exit Here anything missing like PATH of some directories ? and when i do irb -rubygems -r RMagick instead of irb ? like following ! * * * root@bpocanada-desktop:/home/bpocanada/test2# irb -rubygems -r RMagick irb(main):001:0\> require ‘RMagick’ =\> false irb(main):002:0\> Here it should be True ? or False ? * * * root@bpocanada-desktop:/home/bpocanada/test2# gem list \*\*\* LOCAL GEMS \*\*\* ## actionmailer (2.1.0) actionpack (2.1.0) activerecord (2.1.0) activeresource (2.1.0) activesupport (2.1.0) rails (2.1.0) rake (0.8.1) rmagick (2.5.1) root@bpocanada-desktop:/home/bpocanada/test2# ## when i check dependency for rmagick ? ## root@bpocanada-desktop:/home/bpocanada/test2# gem dependency rmagick Gem rmagick-2.5.1 So what anything else u need ? ---
**Author:** ![ishan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/3da27b/32.png) [@ishan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ishan)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 11:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-installation-on-64bit-ubuntu-7-04/141282/2 "2008-06-24T11:21:32Z")
On Jun 24, 8:57 am, Ishan P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Dear All, > > Thanks in advance ! > > i have ubuntu 7.04 64 bit installed… i want to install RMagick 2.5 and > i have done that installation but it is working ? Have you tried actually using it? > * * * > > root@bpocanada-desktop:/home/bpocanada/test2# irb > irb(main):001:0\> require ‘RMagick’ > LoadError: no such file to load – RMagick > from (irb):1:in `require’ > from (irb):1 > irb(main):002:0\> exit it’s a gem, so if you don’t load rubygems then you can’t require it > Here it should be True ? or False ? if the require doesn’t through an exception it means that the library has been loaded (or in this case was already loaded) Fred ---
**Author:** ![ishan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/3da27b/32.png) [@ishan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ishan)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 11:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-installation-on-64bit-ubuntu-7-04/141282/3 "2008-06-24T11:28:31Z")
Frederick C. wrote: > Have you tried actually using it? Hey i am a Linux admin and i have been given task to solve the RoR developers issus and it is their issu! They told me that the out put of the following root@bpocanada-desktop:/home/bpocanada/test2# irb -rubygems -r RMagick irb(main):001:0\> require ‘RMagick’ =\> false irb(main):002:0\> should be True fot them to use it ! and i have to solve this as it is false right now ! so … * * * ---
**Author:** ![ishan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/3da27b/32.png) [@ishan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ishan)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 11:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-installation-on-64bit-ubuntu-7-04/141282/4 "2008-06-24T11:36:47Z")
On Jun 24, 10:28 am, Ishan P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > irb(main):002:0\> > > should be True fot them to use it ! and i have to solve this as it is > false right now ! They’re wrong. You’re requiring it twice (once with the -r flag, once explicitly), so it’s perfectly normal for the second require to return false because require won’t load the same path twice. Fred ---
**Author:** ![ishan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/3da27b/32.png) [@ishan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ishan)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 11:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-installation-on-64bit-ubuntu-7-04/141282/5 "2008-06-24T11:45:53Z")
Frederick C. wrote: > On Jun 24, 10:28�am, Ishan P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > wrote: > > > irb(main):002:0\> > > > > should be True fot them to use it ! and i have to solve this as it is > > false right now ! > > They’re wrong. You’re requiring it twice (once with the -r flag, once > explicitly), so it’s perfectly normal for the second require to return > false because require won’t load the same path twice. > > Fred OK i understand what u want to say but … if i do following command then ( irb with out any -r option to load RMagick) and then if i do require ‘RMagick’ then it will give me like following !!! why ? root@bpocanada-desktop:/home/bpocanada/test2# irb irb(main):001:0\> require ‘RMagick’ LoadError: no such file to load – RMagick from (irb):1:in `require’ from (irb):1 irb(main):002:0\> exit ---
**Author:** ![ishan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/3da27b/32.png) [@ishan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ishan)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-installation-on-64bit-ubuntu-7-04/141282/6 "2008-06-24T12:28:40Z")
On 24 Jun 2008, at 10:45, Ishan P. wrote: > > They’re wrong. You’re requiring it twice (once with the -r flag, once > > explicitly), so it’s perfectly normal for the second require to > > return > > false because require won’t load the same path twice. > > > > Fred > > OK i understand what u want to say but … > if i do following command then ( irb with out any -r option to load > RMagick) and then if i do require ‘RMagick’ then it will give me like > following !!! why ? > because you need to require rubygems first. Fred ---
**Author:** ![ishan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/3da27b/32.png) [@ishan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ishan)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 12:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-installation-on-64bit-ubuntu-7-04/141282/7 "2008-06-24T12:37:16Z")
Frederick C. wrote: > On 24 Jun 2008, at 10:45, Ishan P. wrote: > > > > They’re wrong. You’re requiring it twice (once with the -r flag, once > > > explicitly), so it’s perfectly normal for the second require to > > > return > > > false because require won’t load the same path twice. > > > > > > Fred > > > > OK i understand what u want to say but … > > if i do following command then ( irb with out any -r option to load > > RMagick) and then if i do require ‘RMagick’ then it will give me like > > following !!! why ? > > because you need to require rubygems first. > > Fred OKKKKKKKKK I got that… yessssssssssssssssss… T H A N K S Fred !