I get this if I just type gem install rmagick C:\Users\Pierre>gem install rmagick Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing rmagick: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. C:/Ruby/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | This rmagick gem is for use only on Linux, BSD, OS X, and similar systems | | that have a gnu or similar toolchain installed. The rmagick-win32 gem is a | | pre-compiled version of RMagick bundled with ImageMagick for use on | | Microsoft Windows systems. The rmagick-win32 gem is available on RubyForge.| | See http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-faq.html for more information. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ *** 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 --srcdir=. --curdir --ruby=C:/Ruby/bin/ruby Gem files will remain installed in C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.13.1 for inspection. Results logged to C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.13.1/ext/RMagick/gem_ make.out C:\Users\Pierre> -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.