# Rmagick not handling GIF files properly **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 15, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-not-handling-gif-files-properly/64699 "2006-08-15T14:17:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![subimage](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@subimage](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/subimage)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-not-handling-gif-files-properly/64699/1 "2006-08-15T14:17:54Z")
Tracked down the source of my problem… It seems that Rmagick isn’t properly cropping/resizing GIF or PNG images when uploaded via file\_column. I can upload JPG files just fine. Originally I had installed ImageMagick via Debian’s apt-get and built the rmagick gem using “gem install rmagick”. This wasn’t working so I uninstalled ImageMagick and tried to compile GraphicsMagick by hand, then reinstall the rmagick gem. This also isn’t working, and it’s driving me nuts. The same code works perfectly on my OS X dev machine. Does anyone have pointers to get this working properly? Please help! Thanks… ---
**Author:** ![subimage](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@subimage](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/subimage)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-not-handling-gif-files-properly/64699/2 "2006-08-15T14:17:54Z")
have you got the libgif / libpng headers installed? ---
**Author:** ![subimage](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@subimage](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/subimage)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-not-handling-gif-files-properly/64699/3 "2006-08-15T14:18:05Z")
I think I do - but how do I make sure? ---
**Author:** ![subimage](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@subimage](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/subimage)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-not-handling-gif-files-properly/64699/4 "2006-08-15T14:18:08Z")
One other thing that might be helpful: I’m trying to build RMagick from source now, and after running: ./configure --with-graphics-magick make I’m getting this…error over and over again (with different rb scripts) /home/seth/src/RMagick-1.13.0/./lib/rvg/misc.rb:317:in `get_type_metrics': Postscript delegate failed (Magick::ImageMagickError) from /home/seth/src/RMagick-1.13.0/./lib/rvg/misc.rb:317:in`render’ from /home/seth/src/RMagick-1.13.0/./lib/rvg/misc.rb:688:in `text' from /home/seth/src/RMagick-1.13.0/./lib/rvg/text.rb:64:in`add\_primitives’ from /home/seth/src/RMagick-1.13.0/./lib/rvg/container.rb:71:in `add_primitives' from /home/seth/src/RMagick-1.13.0/./lib/rvg/container.rb:71:in`each’ from /home/seth/src/RMagick-1.13.0/./lib/rvg/container.rb:71:in `add_primitives' from /home/seth/src/RMagick-1.13.0/./lib/rvg/rvg.rb:262:in`add\_outermost\_primitives’ from /home/seth/src/RMagick-1.13.0/./lib/rvg/rvg.rb:262:in `each' from /home/seth/src/RMagick-1.13.0/./lib/rvg/rvg.rb:262:in`add\_outermost\_primitives’ from /home/seth/src/RMagick-1.13.0/./lib/rvg/rvg.rb:235:in `draw’ from InitialCoords.rb:22 ---
**Author:** ![subimage](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@subimage](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/subimage)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-not-handling-gif-files-properly/64699/5 "2006-08-15T14:18:31Z")
## For anyone who cares, got RMagick installed after installing ghostscript but when I try to upload an image now I get an Application Error page with nothing in the apache or rails error log. I’m going nuts here! Has anyone built RMagick on a debian box FROM SCRATCH / SOURCE and have it fully working? Please help!!!