Hello Bill, I guess it should not installed...... C:\temp\Ruby\graph>"c:\ruby\bin\ruby.exe" "c:\ruby\bin\gem" list hoe *** LOCAL GEMS *** C:\temp\Ruby\graph> I have installed it and a couple of other gems required. Then I tried to installed RMagick and got the following: ----- C:\Documents and Settings\x0001027\Desktop>"c:\ruby\bin\ruby.exe" "c:\ruby\bin\gem" install rmagick-1.14.1 Attempting local installation of 'rmagick-1.14.1' Building native extensions. This could take a while... gem_extconf.rb:38: undefined method `exitstatus' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError) ERROR: Error installing gem rmagick-1.14.1[.gem]: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. Gem files will remain installed in c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.14.1 for inspection. ruby gem_extconf.rb install rmagick-1.14.1\n sh configure ---- I have ImageMagick 6.3.0 installed. Thanks a lot, Luc