How to install rmagick gem on Windows?-Collection of common programming errors
Chloe
How do I install rmagick gem for Windows XP? I already installed ImageMagick with the header files, and I installed RailsInstaller.org which comes with DevKit. I don’t know where to look to fix these errors.
C:\RailsInstaller\ImageMagick-6.8.2-Q16>ruby -v
ruby 1.9.3p125 (2012-02-16) [i386-mingw32]
C:\RailsInstaller\ImageMagick-6.8.2-Q16>gem -v
1.8.16
C:\RailsInstaller\ImageMagick-6.8.2-Q16>path=%PATH%;C:\RailsInstaller\ImageMagick-6.8.2-Q16
C:\RailsInstaller\ImageMagick-6.8.2-Q16>identify
Version: ImageMagick 6.8.2-0 2013-01-24 Q16 http://www.imagemagick.org
Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2013 ImageMagick Studio LLC
C:\RailsInstaller\ImageMagick-6.8.2-Q16>gem install rmagick
Temporarily enhancing PATH to include DevKit...
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing rmagick:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.3/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb
checking for Ruby version >= 1.8.5... yes
Invalid drive specification.
Unable to get ImageMagick version
*** 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
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.3/bin/ruby
Gem files will remain installed in C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.3/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rmagick-2.13.1 for inspection.
Results logged to C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.3/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rmagick-2 .13.1/ext/RMagick/gem_make.out
C:\RailsInstaller\ImageMagick-6.8.2-Q16>dir include
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is F8E5-EDB8
Directory of C:\RailsInstaller\ImageMagick-6.8.2-Q16\include
01/29/2013 04:33 PM .
01/29/2013 04:33 PM ..
01/29/2013 04:33 PM magick
01/29/2013 04:33 PM Magick++
09/05/2009 04:47 PM 419 Magick++.h
01/29/2013 04:33 PM wand
Here is the contents of gem_make.out
C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.3/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb
checking for Ruby version >= 1.8.5... yes
Invalid drive specification.
Unable to get ImageMagick version
*** 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
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.3/bin/ruby
Here is the contents of extconf.rb
require "mkmf"
require "date"
RMAGICK_VERS = "2.13.1"
MIN_RUBY_VERS = "1.8.5"
MIN_RUBY_VERS_NO = MIN_RUBY_VERS.tr(".","").to_i
MIN_IM_VERS = "6.4.9"
MIN_IM_VERS_NO = MIN_IM_VERS.tr(".","").to_i
# Test for a specific value in an enum type
def have_enum_value(enum, value, headers=nil, &b)
checking_for "#{enum}.#{value}" do
if try_compile(