Gems Question

rubyonrails-talk
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I know is a Rails list, but I know someone has the answer> If gems are pre-compiled, does re-compiling other prereqs mean I need to re-install the gem?

I'm installing RMagick, and I had to recompile IMagick (decode_delegate error), the instructions for RM says that RM needs to be recompiled as well - but I used the gem, how should I proceed?

For now I'm compiling RM from source just to make sure, but it would be nicer to use the gem, at least in one part of the process...

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What platform are you on? Windows or a unix variant?

Only on windows are binary gems common. Most gems on a unix variant will be compiled from source.

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I'm on a Mac now, which does explain why the gem installs for windows seemed to go much faster. Thanks for the response.

- Nic.