Can't install rmagick gem on Ubuntu 13.04

ruby-on-rails ruby ubuntu imagemagick rmagick

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Solution 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

Solution 2

try this out

first install imagemagick

sudo apt-get install imagemagick

and then

sudo apt-get install libmagickwand-dev

Solution 3

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.

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Иван Бишевац

Software engineer

Updated on June 07, 2022

Comments

Иван Бишевац almost 2 years

When I try to install rmagic with:

gem install rmagic

it gives error:

Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing rmagick:
    ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

    /home/biske/.rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p247/bin/ruby extconf.rb
checking for Ruby version >= 1.8.5... yes
checking for gcc... yes
checking for Magick-config... yes
checking for ImageMagick version >= 6.4.9... 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... no

Can't install RMagick 2.13.2. Can't find MagickWand.h.
*** 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=/home/biske/.rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p247/bin/ruby


Gem files will remain installed in /home/biske/.rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p247/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/rmagick-2.13.2 for inspection.
Results logged to /home/biske/.rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p247/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/rmagick-2.13.2/ext/RMagick/gem_make.out

I tried to search for problem and found that I am missing libmagickwand-dev. I tried to install it with:

sudo apt-get install libmagickwand-dev

but it raises error:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libmagickwand-dev : Depends: libmagickcore-dev (= 8:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu2) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

If I try to install it with:

sudo apt-get install libmagickcore-dev

it gives error:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libmagickcore-dev : Depends: librsvg2-dev but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

If I try to install it with:

sudo apt-get install librsvg2-dev

it gives error:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 librsvg2-dev : Depends: libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.24.0) but it is not going to be installed
                Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev (>= 2.23.5-2) but it is not going to be installed
                Depends: libcairo2-dev (>= 1.2.0) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

If I try to install libglib2.0-dev with:

sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev

it gives error:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libglib2.0-dev : Depends: libglib2.0-0 (= 2.36.0-1ubuntu1) but 2.36.0-1ubuntu2 is to be installed
                  Depends: libglib2.0-bin (= 2.36.0-1ubuntu1)
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

If I install libglib2.0-0 with:

sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-0

it gives:

libglib2.0-0 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

If I install libglib2.0-bin with:

sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-bin

it gives:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
libglib2.0-bin is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Those 2 libs are installed but issuing again:

sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev

it gives same error:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libglib2.0-dev : Depends: libglib2.0-0 (= 2.36.0-1ubuntu1) but 2.36.0-1ubuntu2 is to be installed
                  Depends: libglib2.0-bin (= 2.36.0-1ubuntu1)
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

What could be problem here?

I am using Ubuntu 13.04, rbenv, ruby 2.0.0, if that matters.

Aleks almost 10 years

wow, and you gave the exact solution that I needed! the add-apt solved the problem and the rest of the steps. thanks!
Sumit Munot almost 10 years

After all above solutions failed for me..I just Googled and found above blog. works perfectly..
Иван Бишевац almost 10 years

Probably you have other Ubuntu version, or meanwhile Ubuntu added libmagickwand-dev to 13.10 repositories.
Иван Бишевац almost 10 years

Which is your Ubuntu version?
Sumit Munot almost 10 years

Ubuntu version 13.04...:)
heemin almost 10 years

Thanks! The order was important.
robvelor about 9 years

I was having this issue too having installed libmagickwand-dev only. Once I installed imagemagick, the gem compiled with no problems.
Steve Upstill over 8 years

That's NOT sufficient, at least on Ubuntu 12.04. It failed repeatedly until I installed imagemagick first.
Steve Upstill over 8 years

I tried libmagickwand-dev repeatedly (with remove and autoremove betweentimes), and it repeatedly failed. Installing imagemagick first was a magic bullet. THANK YOU!