RMagick (from source) on Snow Leopard

After the release of 10.5, I published an article about building RMagick from source on Leopard. I won’t rehash the why, you can read the original article for that. My clean install necessitated updating the RMagick script, so here’s what worked for me to install from source on Snow Leopard! For the impatient, here’s the download link: rmagick-build.sh

First, we start with installing wget, as it seems to be a bit more clever than curl about dealing with mirrors, etc. Then, we compile and install each prerequisite package. Finally, we install the gem.

All the links in the script worked for me, but, depending on your location, network, conditions, etc, your mileage may vary. Enjoy!

#!/bin/sh

# install wget, which is cleverer than curl
curl -O http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.11.tar.gz
tar zxvf wget-1.11.tar.gz 
cd wget-1.11
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
make
sudo make install
cd /usr/local/src

# prerequisite packages
wget http://nongnu.askapache.com/freetype/freetype-2.3.9.tar.gz
tar zxvf freetype-2.3.9.tar.gz
cd freetype-2.3.9
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
make
sudo make install
cd /usr/local/src

wget http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/libpng/libpng-1.2.39.tar.gz
tar zxvf libpng-1.2.39.tar.gz
cd libpng-1.2.39
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
make
sudo make install
cd /usr/local/src

wget ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg/jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz
tar xzvf jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz
cd jpeg-6b
ln -s `which glibtool` ./libtool
export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.6
./configure --enable-shared --prefix=/usr/local
make
sudo make install
cd /usr/local/src

wget ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/libtiff/tiff-3.9.1.tar.gz
tar xzvf tiff-3.9.1.tar.gz
cd tiff-3.9.1
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
make
sudo make install
cd /usr/local/src

wget http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/wvware/libwmf-0.2.8.4.tar.gz
tar xzvf libwmf-0.2.8.4.tar.gz
cd libwmf-0.2.8.4
make clean
./configure
make
sudo make install
cd /usr/local/src

wget http://www.littlecms.com/lcms-1.17.tar.gz
tar xzvf lcms-1.17.tar.gz
cd lcms-1.17
make clean
./configure
make
sudo make install
cd /usr/local/src

wget ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/GPL/gs870/ghostscript-8.70.tar.gz
tar zxvf ghostscript-8.70.tar.gz
cd ghostscript-8.70
./configure  --prefix=/usr/local
make
sudo make install
cd /usr/local/src

wget ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/GPL/gs860/ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz
tar zxvf ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz
sudo mv fonts /usr/local/share/ghostscript

# Image Magick
wget ftp://ftp.fifi.org/pub/ImageMagick/ImageMagick.tar.gz
tar xzvf ImageMagick.tar.gz
cd `ls | grep ImageMagick-`
export CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include
export LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib
./configure --prefix=/usr/local --disable-static --with-modules --without-perl --without-magick-plus-plus --with-quantum-depth=8 --with-gs-font-dir=/usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts --disable-openmp
make
sudo make install
cd /usr/local/src

# RMagick
sudo gem install rmagick

UPDATE There is a bug with libgomp that breaks the convert utility (See comments below). the --disable-openmp configure option has been added to the script to fix this.

UPDATE 2 A new patchlevel of ImageMagick has been released that supersedes the original one referenced in this script, and the original has been removed from the server. Thanks to Sebastian for this update that will grab the latest release.

Posted by Solomon White Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:31:00 GMT

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Lee about 3 hours later:

Thanks, Sol. I’m sure this will come in handy.
Peer about 14 hours later:

This install definitely works, but since I upgraded my system I can not longer convert pdfs to images.

$ convert my.pdf my.jpg
Segmentation fault

Does happen on your install?
Solomon White about 15 hours later:

@Peer: hmm, yes — I get the same thing. I’ll poke around and see if we can get it sorted…
Roger 4 days later:

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I’ve been wrestling with various gem issues for a few hours getting everything up after the Snow Leopard upgrade and this was BY FAR the smoothest piece of the process. Kudos on a great script.

I’m up and running sans MacPorts – I used to have ImageMagick installed via ports. Is this now native to Snow Leopard?
Roger 4 days later:

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I’ve been wrestling with various gem issues for a few hours getting everything up after the Snow Leopard upgrade and this was BY FAR the smoothest piece of the process. Kudos on a great script.

I’m up and running sans MacPorts – I used to have ImageMagick installed via ports. Is this now native to Snow Leopard?
Roger 4 days later:

Sorry for the double submit, you should have a spinner :)
Solomon White 4 days later:

@Roger — No, the ImageMagick (from source, like the rest of the prerequisites) happens just before the gem install at the end of the script.
Peer 5 days later:

Still no go on my end Solomon. Will keep you informed if we find anything.
Morgan 5 days later:

I tried this on my MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard installed, the script seemed to execute with no problems but then I try the following:

$ irb
>> require ‘rubygems’
=> true
>> require ‘rmagick’
LoadError: Failed to load /usr/local/ruby-1.8.6/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/RMagick2.bundle
from /usr/local/ruby-1.8.6/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/RMagick2.bundle
from /usr/local/ruby-1.8.6/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require’
from /usr/local/ruby-1.8.6/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/rmagick.rb:11
from /usr/local/ruby-1.8.6/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require’
from /usr/local/ruby-1.8.6/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require’
from (irb):4
from (null):0

tests of imagemagick from the command line work fine.
Solomon White 5 days later:

@Morgan—

Did you install ruby 1.8.6 after the Snow Leopard install, or is it there from before? I’m using the stock 1.8.7, and my bundle is at /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.0/lib/RMagick2.bundle. If I run the “file” command, it shows that the bundle is a universal binary with i386 and x86_64 architectures.

Hope this helps…
Solomon White 6 days later:

@Peer—

Okay, I have a fix for you. Apparently, there’s a bug with libgomp on OSX, so ImageMagick needs to be configured with the --disable-openmp option. I’ve updated the script (inline and attached) above.

Thanks,

Solomon
Tony Perrie 6 days later:

Thanks for the post. One issue I had was that freetype needed make > 3.80 to work. Otherwise I got an error about make 3.79 not supporting $(value).

Also, the latest ImageMagick has been updated as well.
ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/ImageMagick-6.5.5-8.tar.gz

I had to download ghostscript-8.70 from here because the link above wasn’t working.

http://ghostscript.googlecode.com/files/ghostscript-8.70.tar.gz

And the fonts from here:

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gs-fonts/ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz
Tony Perrie 6 days later:

Also, I had to remove the old macports libraries because I was getting an error like this:

Command output: Undefined symbols:
“_FcPatternCreate”, referenced from:
Tony Perrie 6 days later:

I also had to install fontconfig as well to get fontconfig.h.
Tony Perrie 6 days later:

Also, jpeg-7 must be used or you’ll get decode errors when resizing JPEG images. The config.log error for something about _jpeg_header symbol not found in libjpeg.dyld.

wget http://www.ijg.org/files/jpegsrc.v7.tar.gz
Morgan 8 days later:

@Solomon—

Thanks for the tip Solomon, I was using a hand compiled version of 1.8.6 (WAY faster than the one that ships with OS X) and had opted to continue using it. I built 1.8.7 and tried that and everything started working.

Also, for what it’s worth, I used MacPorts to install ImageMagick and installed the RMagick gem just by doing a ‘sudo gem install rmagick’ and everything worked. I didn’t need to use your script, but thanks!
Morgan 8 days later:

@Solomon—

Thanks for the tip Solomon, I was using a hand compiled version of 1.8.6 (WAY faster than the one that ships with OS X) and had opted to continue using it. I built 1.8.7 and tried that and everything started working.

Also, for what it’s worth, I used MacPorts to install ImageMagick and installed the RMagick gem just by doing a ‘sudo gem install rmagick’ and everything worked. I didn’t need to use your script, but thanks!
Bijan 9 days later:

Thx a lot :)
I already used your script for 10.5 and now I’m using this one again for SL!
Kudos to you Solomon! Everything worked gr8 ;)
Sebastian Morawietz 11 days later:

Hi,

good job, I just had two problems:

1. It assumes the directory /usr/local/src to be present, which wasn’t on my MBP

2. On Sept 13, 2009 a new patchlevel-version of ImageMagick was put on the server (10), deleting the referenced one (5).
I modified the script, so that it wgets the version linked as ImageMagick.tar.gz and after untarring chdirs into whatever directory starts with ImageMagick-

Maybe this solves the problem for some of you. (Replace Lines 78-80 with the following)
wget ftp://ftp.fifi.org/pub/ImageMagick/ImageMagick.tar.gz tar xzvf ImageMagick.tar.gz cd `ls | grep ImageMagick-`
Marotte 17 days later:

Help!

When I require ‘RMagick’, it says ‘no such file to load — RMagick2.so’.

If I require ‘RMagick2’, then the error is ‘this installation of RMagick was configured with ImageMagick 6.5.4 but ImageMagick 6.5.6-1 is in use.’

Any idea?
Marotte 17 days later:

Help!

When I require ‘RMagick’, it says ‘no such file to load — RMagick2.so’.

If I require ‘RMagick2’, then the error is ‘this installation of RMagick was configured with ImageMagick 6.5.4 but ImageMagick 6.5.6-1 is in use.’

Any idea?

mike 20 days later:

I got this error:


grep: /usr/lib/libexpat.la: No such file or directory
sed: /usr/lib/libexpat.la: No such file or directory
libtool: link: `/usr/lib/libexpat.la' is not a valid libtool archive
make[1]: *** [coders/dot.la] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2
make  install-am
  CCLD   coders/dot.la
grep: /usr/lib/libexpat.la: No such file or directory
sed: /usr/lib/libexpat.la: No such file or directory
libtool: link: `/usr/lib/libexpat.la' is not a valid libtool archive
make[1]: *** [coders/dot.la] Error 1
make: *** [install] Error 2
./rmagick-build.sh: line 86: cd: /usr/local/src: No such file or directory
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing rmagick:
	ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

manuel 20 days later:

I have the similar error of “mike” any idea?
thanks.
martins 26 days later:

I´ve installed ImageMagic from src, and it seams to be ok.
E.g “$ convert /Users/martin/Desktop/TriggersInRails.pdf triggers.jpg” works as expected.

I´ve reinstalled the rmagick gem.

$ ruby script/server
=> Booting WEBrick
=> Rails 2.3.4 application starting on http://0.0.0.0:3000
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/RMagick2.bundle: [BUG] Segmentation fault
ruby 1.8.7 (2009-06-12 patchlevel 174) [i686-darwin10]

Abort trap

file sais: RMagick2.bundle: Mach-O 64-bit bundle x86_64
-————
Any ideas? Can I provide more info?
Tyler 27 days later:

I’m getting an error during the ImageMagick make command:

ld: symbol(s) not found
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make¹: * [magick/libMagickCore.la] Error 1
make: * [all] Error 2

Any ideas?
Tyler 27 days later:

I’m getting an error during the ImageMagick make command:

ld: symbol(s) not found
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make¹: * [magick/libMagickCore.la] Error 1
make: * [all] Error 2

Any ideas?
Th 28 days later:

I get this error when use ImageMack.
Please help me, thanks !

irb(main):002:0> require ‘rmagick’
LoadError: dlopen(/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/RMagick2.bundle, 9): no suitable image found. Did find:
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/RMagick2.bundle: mach-o, but wrong architecture – /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/RMagick2.bundle
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/RMagick2.bundle
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require’
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/rmagick.rb:11
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require’
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require’
Th 28 days later:

I get this error when use ImageMack.
Please help me, thanks !

irb(main):002:0> require ‘rmagick’
LoadError: dlopen(/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/RMagick2.bundle, 9): no suitable image found. Did find:
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/RMagick2.bundle: mach-o, but wrong architecture – /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/RMagick2.bundle
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/RMagick2.bundle
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require’
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/rmagick.rb:11
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require’
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require’
Th 28 days later:

I get this error when use ImageMack.
Please help me, thanks !

irb(main):002:0> require ‘rmagick’
LoadError: dlopen(/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/RMagick2.bundle, 9): no suitable image found. Did find:
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/RMagick2.bundle: mach-o, but wrong architecture – /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/RMagick2.bundle
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/RMagick2.bundle
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require’
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/rmagick.rb:11
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require’
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require’
Th 28 days later:

I get this error when use ImageMack.
Please help me, thanks !

irb(main):002:0> require ‘rmagick’
LoadError: dlopen(/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/RMagick2.bundle, 9): no suitable image found. Did find:
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/RMagick2.bundle: mach-o, but wrong architecture – /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/RMagick2.bundle
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/RMagick2.bundle
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require’
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/rmagick.rb:11
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require’
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require’
Th 28 days later:

I get this error when use ImageMack.
Please help me, thanks !

irb(main):002:0> require ‘rmagick’
LoadError: dlopen(/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/RMagick2.bundle, 9): no suitable image found. Did find:
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/RMagick2.bundle: mach-o, but wrong architecture – /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/RMagick2.bundle
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/RMagick2.bundle
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require’
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.11.1/lib/rmagick.rb:11
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require’
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require’

mirco about 1 month later:

hi, on the last step, installing the rmagick gem i have this error:

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

/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/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 >= 6.3.5... 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... yes
checking for InitializeMagick() in -lMagickCore... no
checking for InitializeMagick() in -lMagick... no
Can't install RMagick 2.12.2. Can't find the ImageMagick library or one of the dependent libraries. Check the mkmf.log file for more detailed 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
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby
--with-MagickCorelib
--without-MagickCorelib
--with-Magicklib
--without-Magicklib

Gem files will remain installed in /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.12.2 for inspection.
Results logged to /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.12.2/ext/RMagick/gem_make.out

how i can resolve the problem?
i doing to install a newer version of ruby?
thanks

mirco about 1 month later:

hi, on the last step, installing the rmagick gem i have this error:

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

Gem files will remain installed in /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.12.2 for inspection.
Results logged to /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.12.2/ext/RMagick/gem_make.out

how i can resolve the problem?
i doing to install a newer version of ruby?
thanks

Mark about 1 month later:

Mirco, I was getting the same error. I manually downloaded and installed the Image Magic Library. Basically ran the commands from #Image Magic down manually on my server. That seemed to fix it.
gordon about 1 month later:

hi there
When i upgraded from Leopard to Snow leopard, my image magick (and PerlMagick) broke.
I had to install ImageMagick a few different times as i had problems doing so and refered to different sources/tutes on the web for installing imagemagick on snow leopard.
Now, I seem to get an error message (below) indicating that there’s more than one instance of image magick installed and magicwand cant be installed. help !! :(
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb
checking for Ruby version >= 1.8.5… yes
checking for gcc… yes
checking for Magick-config… yes

Warning: Found more than one ImageMagick installation. This could cause problems at runtime.
/usr/bin/imagemagick/bin/Magick-config reports version 6.5.5 Q16 is installed in /ImageMagick-6.5.5
/opt/local/bin/Magick-config reports version 6.5.7 Q8 is installed in /opt/local
/sw/bin/Magick-config reports version 6.5.7 Q16 is installed in /sw
/usr/bin/ImageMagick-6.4.8/bin/Magick-config reports version 6.4.8 Q16 is installed in
/usr/local/bin/Magick-config reports version 6.5.7 Q8 is installed in /usr/local
Using 6.5.5 Q16 from /ImageMagick-6.5.5.

checking for ImageMagick version >= 6.3.5… 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 2.12.2. 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=/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby

Gem files will remain installed in /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.12.2 for inspection.
Results logged to /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.12.2/ext/RMagick/gem_make.out
gordon about 1 month later:

right, I answered my own question LOL
http://rb-rmagick.darwinports.com/
Nico about 1 month later:

Hi,

I installed ImageMagick with this script here because it seemed the most up to date one: http://github.com/masterkain/ImageMagick-sl

I get the following error in some ImageMagick commands:

Magick::ImageMagickError: Wrong JPEG library version: library is 70, caller expects 62 `’ @ jpeg.c/EmitMessage/232

Can anybody advice? What do I need to do?
Nico about 1 month later:

Oh, and some (spinner) feedback when submitting a comment on this blog would be useful! Like others here I accidentally submitted my post twice, as there was no indication that anything happened after I pressed the submit button…
Nico about 1 month later:

My jpeg issue is fixed now. There was an older version of the jpeg lib from Mac Ports which needed to be removed before running the Image Magick install script.

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