I second this point. -Jordan
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Ian Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you can live with only image resizing and thumbnailing, I highly > recommend ditching any of the *magick libraries and suggest going with > ImageScience. Far less suck than any of its predecessors. > http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ImageScience.html > > On Oct 2, 2008, at 2:59 PM, Rob Kaufman wrote: > > Hi Kris, > The only (and I really mean only) way I've ever gotten consitant success > to via Macports. I do the following: > > sudo port selfupdate > sudo port install ruby > sudo port install rb-rubygems > sudo port install graphicsmagick # like imagemagick, but newer and with less > suck > > #Gems via Ruby gems > sudo gem install rmagick > > > Note that if you move to macports Ruby from the OS X distrubuted Ruby, you > get to reinstall all your gems... but frankly I feel like its worth it. > > Best of Luck, > Rob > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 1:25 PM, kris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi guys, >> >> I'm working on setting up a local dev environment for a rails app that >> uses ImageMagick & the RMagick ruby gem. The rails app was originally >> developed on a windows machine, but I'm using Mac OS X 10.5 >> (Leopard). Now, I'm sort of a rookie when it comes to programming (I >> focus primarily on layout, i.e. CSS & HTML), but I'm pretty sure the >> problem is that ImageMagick isn't installed properly and/or RMagick >> isn't installed/compiling properly. >> >> Judging from what I've found online, lots of people have had to >> wrestle w/ the same issue. I've tried following instructions from >> http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-faq.html and I've also tried >> installing everything using MacPorts. Thus far all I've got to show >> for it is a bloody patch on the wall where I've been banging my head >> against it for the past few days. >> >> Have any of you had problems getting ImageMagick & RMagick to run on >> Mac OS X? If so, any chance you can point me in the right direction? >> >> Here's the error that I get whenever I call a part of the app that >> uses Rmagick: >> >> Failed to load /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.7.0/lib/ >> RMagick2.bundle >> >> /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.7.0/lib/RMagick2.bundle >> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in >> `require' >> /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.1.0/lib/ >> active_support/dependencies.rb:509:in `require' >> /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.1.0/lib/ >> active_support/dependencies.rb:354:in `new_constants_in' >> /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.1.0/lib/ >> active_support/dependencies.rb:509:in `require' >> /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.7.0/lib/RMagick.rb:11 >> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:32:in >> `gem_original_require' >> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:32:in >> `require' >> /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.1.0/lib/ >> active_support/dependencies.rb:509:in `require' >> /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.1.0/lib/ >> active_support/dependencies.rb:354:in `new_constants_in' >> /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.1.0/lib/ >> active_support/dependencies.rb:509:in `require' >> app/controllers/quiz_controller.rb:1 >> >> >> > > > > > > > > > -- Jordan A. Fowler 2621 First Ave Apt 5 San Diego, CA 92103 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.jordanfowler.com Office Phone: (619) 618-0355 Cell Phone: (406) 546-8055 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
