From: pharrington Date: 2009-09-03T05:20:20+09:00 Subject: RMagick 2.11.0 install fails with ImageMagick 6.5.4 Trying to install RMagick 2.11.0 was giving me the following error: Updating rmagick Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError) ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. /usr/bin/ruby1.8 extconf.rb update checking for Ruby version >= 1.8.5... yes checking for cc... yes checking for Magick-config... yes checking for ImageMagick version >= 6.3.5... yes checking for HDRI disabled version of ImageMagick... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for sys/types.h... yes checking for wand/MagickWand.h... yes checking for InitializeMagick() in -lMagickCore... no checking for InitializeMagick() in -lMagick... no Can't install RMagick 2.11.0. Can't find the ImageMagick library or one of the dependent libraries. Check the mkmf.log file for more detailed information. *** 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=/usr/bin/ruby1.8 --with-MagickCorelib --without-MagickCorelib --with-Magicklib --without-Magicklib Gem files will remain installed in /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/ rmagick-2.11.0 for inspection. Results logged to /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.0/ext/RMagick/ gem_make.out convert -version was: Version: ImageMagick 6.5.4-2 2009-07-04 Q8 OpenMP http://www.imagemagick.org Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2009 ImageMagick Studio LLC mkmf.log: http://pastebin.com/m776a3e36 Installing ImageMagick 6.5.5 fixes all this though. Was there a typo in the required ImageMagick version for the build script?