From: "Mario T. Lanza" Date: 2010-09-07T22:34:07+09:00 Subject: Re: Cannot get RMagick to install > By way of anecdotal evidence, I had a lot of problems upgrading ubuntu > between intrepid and jaunty, and finally had to simply reinstall > (after which everything worked fine) > > martin That is the path I ultimately took and it worked fine. It took about 3 hours of effort to do this. At this point, I've even formed a backup strategy that allows me to do this sort of system rebuild as I run into this sort of thing in the future. While it may seem like one should figure out how to fix issues like this rather than simply formatting the harddrive and starting over; there's a lot more peace in having confidence things will work following a reformatting vs. being not-quite-sure if this outdated thread or that outdated thread will send you down the right path and get things fixed. By minimizing my system customizations and relying only on essential software, I think I can keep the starting-from-scratch approach down to about 120-150 minutes. All the best, Martin. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.