Can't install rmagick gem on Ubuntu 13.04

Question

When I try to install rmagic with:

gem install rmagic

it gives error:

Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
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Answer 1

Solution is to add ppa where those libs could be found.

Add PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ricotz/testing

Then update package list:

sudo apt-get update

Finally install it with:

sudo apt-get install libmagickwand-dev

Answer 2

Here is the good example on this blog

The below command will solve your problem. It helped me to install rmagick.

sudo apt-get install libdjvulibre-dev libjpeg-dev libtiff-dev libwmf-dev libmagickcore-dev libmagickwand-dev libmagick++-dev

Answer 3

try this out

first install imagemagick

sudo apt-get install imagemagick

and then

sudo apt-get install libmagickwand-dev

Answer 4

You only need to install:

sudo apt-get install libmagickwand-dev

Answer 5

Try clearing your apt repository and removing any broken packages first:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove

If the system identifies any broken packages, forcefully remove them (replace package_name with your own):

sudo dpkg --remove -force --force-remove-reinstreq package_name

Then reinstall any missing packages again.

Answer 6

This worked for me:

1. sudo apt-get install libcairo2=1.14.6-1 --reinstall
2. sudo apt-get install libmagickwand-dev
3. sudo gem install rmagick