Image Magick installation on Ubuntu
I recently tried to install the rmagick gem for Carrierwave on my VPS, unfortunately, ImageMagick wasn't installed but fortunately installing is quite easy.
** [out :: domain.com] Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
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** [out :: domain.com] /home/user/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p290/bin/ruby extconf.rb
** [out :: domain.com] checking for Ruby version >= 1.8.5... yes
** [out :: domain.com] checking for /usr/bin/gcc... yes
** [out :: domain.com] checking for Magick-config... no
** [out :: domain.com] Can't install RMagick 2.13.1. Can't find Magick-config in /home/user/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p290/bin:/home/user/.rbenv/libexec:/home/user/.rbenv/plugins/rbenv-installer/bin:/home/user/.rbenv/plugins/rbenv-vars/bin:/home/user/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build/bin:/home/user/.rbenv/shims:/home/user/.rbenv/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
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** [out :: domain.com] *** extconf.rb failed ***
** [out :: domain.com] Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of
** [out :: domain.com] necessary libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more
** [out :: domain.com] details. You may need configuration options.
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** [out :: domain.com] Provided configuration options:
** [out :: domain.com] --with-opt-dir
** [out :: domain.com] --without-opt-dir
** [out :: domain.com] --with-opt-include
** [out :: domain.com] --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
** [out :: domain.com] --with-opt-lib
** [out :: domain.com] --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
** [out :: domain.com] --with-make-prog
** [out :: domain.com] --without-make-prog
** [out :: domain.com] --srcdir=.
** [out :: domain.com] --curdir
** [out :: domain.com] --ruby=/home/user/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p290/bin/ruby
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** [out :: domain.com] Gem files will remain installed in /home/user/apps/domain/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/rmagick-2.13.1 for inspection.
** [out :: domain.com] Results logged to /home/user/apps/domain/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/rmagick-2.13.1/ext/RMagick/gem_make.out
** [out :: domain.com] An error occured while installing rmagick (2.13.1), and Bundler cannot continue.
** [out :: domain.com] Make sure that `gem install rmagick -v '2.13.1'` succeeds before bundling.
Ever seen that error before? Yep that's what you get when you don't have ImageMagick
Categories: How To
Tags: imagemagick, rmagick
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