Question

I know there are already some questions and extensive answers about RMagick for Ruby 1.9.x, but I still have problems installing it.

I am working with the Ruby-Aptana Plugin for Eclipse and I have already installed the DevKit. I have tried to install RMagick as follows:

1. I have downloaded and installed ImageMagick 6.7.6-5-Q16-windows-dll.exe from here in C:/ImageMagick6.7.6-5-Q16-windows-dll.exe
   Hope this is that one with headers?

2. Then I set the environment variables, but I’m not sure how to do that. I’ve tried that in windows control panel –> system –> advanced settings –> environment variables –> system variables. There I set:

PATH –> values: C:\Ruby192\bin and C:\ImageMagick-6.7.6-Q16

CPATH –> C:\ImageMagick-6.7.6-Q16\include

LIBRARY_PATH –> C:\ImageMagick-6.7.6-Q16\lib

3. I installed the rmagick gem: gem install rmagick

Unfortunately I still get the error:

  Temporarily enhancing PATH to include DevKit...
  Buidling native extensions. This could take a while...
  ERROR: Error installing rmagick:
     ERROR: Error installing rmagick:
  
     c:/Ruby192/bin/ruby.exe  extconf.rb
  checking for Ruby version >= 1.8.5... yes
  checking for stdint.h...*** 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. 
  

I’m a Ruby-Starter and hope you respect this when answering my (perhaps silly) question.
Thank u all for you help!

Answer 1

I would ditch RMagick altogether.

RMagick eats up a ton of memory. There are other ruby wrappers for ImageMagick out there that I have had an easier time using.

https://github.com/probablycorey/mini_magick

MiniMagick is pretty straightforward.

Best of luck.