Frederick Cheung wrote: > On 17 Nov 2008, at 07:20, Adam Meyer wrote: > >> exctracted the zip to D:\InstantRails\rMagick >> >> and when I run update >> >>> gem update --system >> Updating RubyGems >> Nothing to update >> > That command is just for updating rubygems itself. does > gem install rmagick > not work ? > > Fred
Hi Fred, if I type in gem install rmagick I get uilding native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing rmagick: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. D:/InstantRails/ruby/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb install rmagick This rmagick gem is for use only on Linux, BSD, OS X, and similar systems. Use the rmagick-win32 gem to install RMagick on Windows. See 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=D:/InstantRails/ruby/bin/ruby Gem files will remain installed in D:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.7.2 for inspection. Results logged to D:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.7.2/ext/RMagick/gem_make.out If I type in gem install rmagick-win32 it says ERROR: could not find gem rmagick-win32 locally or in a repository I know that I need the windows version. I already downloaded it, but I don't know where to put the gem file to make ruby find it locally. I put it to D:\InstantRails\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems\rmagick-2.7.1-x86-mswin32.gem hmm, no clue... -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
