Installation on Windows
Issues:
A. This version of RMagick was created to run with ImageMagick 6.3.0 but ImageMagick 6.3.5 is installed on this system. You should either
1) Configure and build RMagick for ImageMagick 6.3.5, or
2) download ImageMagick 6.3.0 from http://www.imagemagick.org and install it.
B. Errors about missing CORE_.. .dll file(s).
C. Errors about missing sqlite3.dll.
Issue A. stems from the fact that you have a incompatible version of ImageMagick installed which does not work with RMagick. The solution would be to uninstall any existing ImageMagick and/or RMagick gem, and start all over as described below.
Issue B. tells me that either ImageMagick or RMagick is not installed properly.
Issue C. is a bit off and has nothing to do with ImageMagick or RMagick. It is probably being thrown by the plugin or application that you are using that needs ImageMagick or RMagick. To fix this issue, just install Sqlite3.
Now that we have tackled the issues, let’s get to the goal – how to install RMagick + ImageMagick on Windows.
- Uninstall any Image Magick or RMagick gem from before.
- Download rmagick-win32 for windows that has the gem and the ImageMagick installer from http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/64917/RMagick-2.12.0-ImageMagick-6.5.6-8-Q8.zip
- Unzip the rmagick-win32 zip file that you downloaded above.
- Install the ImageMagick from the installer that came in the zip i.e. run the ImageMagick-6.5.6-8-Q8-windows-dll.exe. This will install ImageMagick for you.
- Now, we need to install the rmagic gem that came in the zip i.e. rmagick-2.12.0-x86-mswin32.gem. To do that, run the following command on a windows command line:
gem install <unzipped rmagick path>rmagick-2.12.0-x86-mswin32.gem
Note: When you read this post, the version nos. of the gem and the zip file may change. Please adjust your commands for that.
- If you get Issue C., from above you probably are left with installing Sqlite3. If you need help you can look up my post.
- Restart command line or IDE.
That should get you going on Windows machines. Yet another big Ruby on Rails development hurdle on Windows, solved for good.
Installation instructions for Ubuntu
1. Undo any old leftover install baggage
sudo apt-get remove --purge librmagick-ruby-doc librmagick-ruby1.8
2. Install the appropriate version
sudo apt-get install libmagick9-dev ruby1.8-dev
3. Install the rmagick gem
gem install rmagick
That should get you going on Ubuntu machines.
Installation instructions for MacOSx
If you want to use Homebrew, then do the following:
1. Install ImageMagick via a homebrew
brew install imagemagick
3. Install the rmagick gem
gem install rmagick
If you want to use macports, you can see the instructions at the RMagick site.
http://rails.webintellix.com/2010/01/04/how-to-install-rmagick-imagemagick-on-windows/