From: Doug Beaver <doug@...>
Date: 2005-05-18T14:58:01+09:00
Subject: Re: RMagick on MacOS X (can't read a JPG)

On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 12:41:30PM +0900, Gavin Kistner wrote:
> I am trying to automate a bunch of thumbnail creations, and thought  
> I'd use RMagick/ImageMagick.
> 
> I built ImageMagick from source, and used the gem to install RMagick,  
> but when I write a simple program, I see this:
> 
> [Sliver:~/Desktop/NO] gkistner$ cat makesmall.rb
> require 'RMagick'
> orig = Magick::ImageList.new("IMG_4340.jpg")
> puts orig.columns, orig.rows
> 
> [Sliver:~/Desktop/NO] gkistner$ ruby makesmall.rb
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/RMagick.rb:1378:in `read': no  
> decode delegate for this image format `IMG_4340.jpg':   
> (Magick::ImageMagickError)

the last time i built graphicsmagick for os x, i had to build my own
copy of libjpeg and link it in to GM so that the RMagick build could
find the library.  you should try that...

doug

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