From: Sarah Tanembaum <sarahtanembaum@...>
Date: 2004-12-20T10:52:06+09:00
Subject: Re: RMagick 1.7.0

Tim Hunter wrote:
> Sarah Tanembaum wrote:
>  
> 
>>I downloaded the MSWIN32 version and extracted to my temp directory.
>>Then, I tried to use gem but it gives me the following error:
>>
>>c:\temp\ruby\RMagick-1.7.0-IM-6.1.5-gem\RMagick-1.7.0-gem>gem install
>>--local RMagick-win32-1.7.0-mswin32.gem
>>Attempting local installation of 'RMagick-win32-1.7.0-mswin32.gem'
>>ERROR:  Error installing gem RMagick-win32-1.7.0-mswin32.gem[.gem]:
>>buffer error
>>
>>Anyone has any idea? Thanks
> 
> 
> Sorry you're having trouble, Sarah.
> 
> This is really a question for Kaspar, but iirc the recommended way to
> install this gem is to cd to the directory where you downloaded the gem and
> then enter the command
> 
> gem install rmagick
> 
> You will also need to run a post-install step to configure RMagick to use
> the fonts on your machine. As always, the README file will have correct and
> complete instructions.
> 
> I'm sure Kaspar will correct me if I've misled you.
> 
Thanks Tim. You are right, I should have been more thorough in reading 
the README. I ran the postinstall.rb and everythings works. Thanks