This is of course saged advice.  I am not so easily discouraged by yet 
another dependency that complains... but agree that working through some 
books and tasks to see if it for me is the smart thing.




John Wilger wrote:
> On Mar 5, 6:09 pm, David Hughes <d... / oldcolo.com> wrote:
>> Thank you for this response.  I will study the URL and see if I can
>> break this logjam.  Am anxious to get under the hood and learn.
> 
> If your main goal is to learn Ruby/Ruby on Rails, then I might suggest
> doing so with an application that doesn't require rmagick. Even after
> working with Ruby for a couple of years on various systems, I still
> occasionally curse at my computer when I have to do an rmagick
> installation. I'd recommend picking up a copy of "Agile Web
> Development with Ruby on Rails" and "Programming Ruby". Those two
> books should give you a good start, and you can worry about things
> like rmagick after you've decided that you want to stick with Ruby.
> 
> I would hate to see your frustration with a package that you may not
> even need end up turning you off to the language all together.
> 
> --
> Regards,
> 
> John Wilger


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