# RMagick Windows Ruby 1.8.7. Do I need to compile?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-windows-ruby-1-8-7-do-i-need-to-compile/152527>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 4, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-windows-ruby-1-8-7-do-i-need-to-compile/152527 "2008-11-04T21:53:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![chrisdwan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@chrisdwan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisdwan)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-windows-ruby-1-8-7-do-i-need-to-compile/152527/1 "2008-11-04T21:53:12Z")

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The current version of RMagick 2.7.1 is being served as a pre-built gem  
for Windows for Ruby 1.8.6

I happen to run Ruby 1.8.7 (pl-0) on Windows and was wondering if there  
is a way I can get RMagick to run in combination with this, or is the  
only solution to downgrade to Ruby 1.8.6?

Some threads talk about compiling RMagick source ‘against’ Ruby 1.8.7.  
How would I do that?

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**Author:** ![chrisdwan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@chrisdwan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisdwan)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-windows-ruby-1-8-7-do-i-need-to-compile/152527/2 "2008-11-06T01:15:30Z")

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Solved it already…

Turned out I actually needed the specific version of ImageMagick (I was  
still running an older version) and it had nothing to do with Ruby 1.8.7  
☹