# Unable to install RMagick **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 30, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-install-rmagick/166917 "2009-04-30T21:36:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lakshmi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lakshmi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lakshmi)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-install-rmagick/166917/1 "2009-04-30T21:36:55Z")
Hi All, I am new to rmagick and ruby. I am using ruby 1.8.6 version Actually i downloaded rmagic2.9.0 win32 version and i unzipped it and i installed imageMagic-6.4.8. Then from command prompt i gave gem update –system. C:\>gem update --system Updating RubyGems Nothing to update then C:\>gem install rmagick --local ERROR: could not find gem rmagick locally or in a repository then try giving C:\>gem list --remote --all rmagick - REMOTE GEMS \* rmagick (2.9.1, 2.9.0, 2.8.0, 2.7.2, 2.7.1, 2.7.0, 2.6.0, 2.5.2, 2.5.1, 2.5.0, 2 .4.0, 2.3.0, 2.2.2, 2.2.0, 2.1.0, 2.0.0, 1.15.17, 1.15.16, 1.15.15, 1.15.14, 1.1 5.13, 1.15.12, 1.15.11, 1.15.10, 1.15.9, 1.15.8, 1.15.7, 1.15.6, 1.15.5, 1.15.4, 1.15.3, 1.15.2, 1.15.1, 1.15.0, 1.14.1, 1.14.0, 1.13.0, 1.12.0, 1.11.1, 1.11.0, 1.10.1, 1.10.0, 1.9.3, 1.9.2, 1.9.1, 1.9.0, 1.8.3, 1.8.2, 1.8.1, 1.8.0, 1.7.4, 1.7.3, 1.7.2, 1.7.1) rmagick4j (0.3.7, 0.3.6, 0.3.5, 0.3.4, 0.3.3, 0.3.2, 0.3.1) then C:\>gem install rmagick -win32 -v 2.9.0 Building native extensions. This could take a while… ERROR: Error installing rmagick: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. c:/ruby/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb ±---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | This rmagick gem is for use only on Linux, BSD, OS X, and similar systems | | that have a gnu or similar toolchain installed. The rmagick-win32 gem is a | | pre-compiled version of RMagick bundled with ImageMagick for use on | | Microsoft Windows systems. The rmagick-win32 gem is available on RubyForge.| | See [http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-faq.html](http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-faq.html) for more information. | ±---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ - extconf.rb failed \* Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more details. You may need configuration options. Provided configuration options: --with-opt-dir --without-opt-dir –with-opt-include --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include –with-opt-lib --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib --with-make-prog –srcdir=. --curdir --ruby=c:/ruby/bin/ruby Gem files will remain installed in C:/n32/gems/rmagick-2.9.0 for inspection. Results logged to C:/n32/gems/rmagick-2.9.0/ext/RMagick/gem\_make.out I am unable to install rmagick. Can any one please help me in solving ths problem? Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![lakshmi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lakshmi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lakshmi)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 11:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-install-rmagick/166917/2 "2009-04-30T23:13:48Z")
On Apr 30, 8:36 pm, Lakshmi K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > C:\>gem install rmagick -win32 -v 2.9.0 > Building native extensions. This could take a while… ERROR: Error > installing rmagick: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. just a guess, but that should probably rmagick-win32 (ie all one word) rather than rmagick -win32. Fred ---
**Author:** ![lakshmi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lakshmi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lakshmi)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-install-rmagick/166917/3 "2009-05-01T02:17:10Z")
Lakshmi K. wrote: > ±---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | This rmagick gem is for use only on Linux, BSD, OS X, and similar > systems | | that have a gnu or similar toolchain installed. The > rmagick-win32 gem is a | | pre-compiled version of RMagick bundled with > ImageMagick for use on | | Microsoft Windows systems. The rmagick-win32 > gem is available on RubyForge.| | See > [http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-faq.html](http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-faq.html) for more information. | > ±---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ [http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-faq.html#win](http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-faq.html#win)