unknown wrote: > > you should never, never compile as root. fyi. > Yes, but I must 'su' for the 'gem install rmagick' to work properly. >> >> libs ARN'T in 'usr/local/lib' they are in 'usr/lib' (see top) > > and do you have ld.so configured to look there? > Well, as Rails is working properly, and was installed the same way, I presume that ld.so is pointing to 'usr/lib' Can't find relevent ld.so to check... # locate ld.so /etc/ld.so.cache /etc/ld.so.conf /etc/ld.so.conf.d /etc/ld.so.conf.d/mysql-i386.conf /etc/ld.so.conf.d/qt-i386.conf /usr/lib/librpmbuild.so /usr/lib/kde3/kded_kssld.so /usr/share/doc/man-pages-ja-20060115/translation_lists/ld.so.translation_list /usr/share/man/ja/man8/ld.so.8.gz /usr/share/man/man8/ld.so.8.gz Lance -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.