From: Tim Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2009-04-25T06:29:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Difference between gem install rmagick and port rb-rmagick

Pito Salas wrote:
> This is an instance of a more general question...
> 
> What is the difference if I install a gem with gem install vs.
> installing it with port (which I already use for other applications)
> 
> or, is rb-rmagick something different from the gem called rmagick?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Pito

The software is the same, but the packaging system is different. If you 
install RMagick using the gem command, then you manage it (update, 
remove, etc.) with the gem command. If you install RMagick with the port 
command then you manage it with the port command.

But (version differences aside) RMagick is RMagick no matter how you 
install it.

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RMagick: http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/