Installing RMagick gem — Can't find MagickWand.h

Question

I am installing the rmagick gem on OSX 10.6.8, using gem install rmagick, and I am getting the following error

    Can\'t install RMagick 2.13.1         


        

Answer 1

Here's a solution for OS X Mavericks - at least it worked for me...

First, install Xcode 5 (from the App Store)

Then install development-tools - open Terminal and type:

xcode-select install

Next, grab the ImageMagick package from CatusLab: http://cactuslab.com/imagemagick/ (I opted for the package without Freetype support, that requires XQuarz - but it's really up to you).

You'll need pgkconfg as well - get it here: http://macpkg.sourceforge.net

Once installed, export the pkgconfig binary:

export PATH=/opt/pkgconfig/bin:$PATH

Then find the MagickWand.h

mdfind MagickWand.h

it puts out the path to MagickWand.h, in my case /opt/ImageMagick/include/ImageMagick-6/wand/MagickWand.h

Next find the pkgconfig path:

mdfind MagickCore.pc

For me it put out: /opt/ImageMagick/lib/pkgconfig/MagickCore.pc

I had the problem that rmagick gem couldn't be fetched so I downloaded it from rubygems.org/gems/rmagick

With the rmagick gem downloaded to your Download folder you should now be able to install rmagick:

sudo C_INCLUDE_PATH=/opt/ImageMagick/include/ImageMagick-6/ PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/ImageMagick/lib/pkgconfig/ gem install --local ~/Downloads/rmagick-2.13.2

For me it installed successfully - hope this helps...