Install ImageMagick and RMagick for Rails 2.1.2, Ruby 1.8.6, File Column 0.3 in Windows XP SP2
1. Download ImageMagick and RMagick from rubyforge.org
http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/50370/RMagick-2.9.0-ImageMagick-6.4.8-6-Q8.zip
2. Extract it and change to the location.
cd RMagick-2.9.0-ImageMagick-6.4.8-6-Q8
3. Install ImageMagick-6.4.8-6
ImageMagick-6.4.8-6-Q8-windows-dll.exe
4. Install RMagick-2.9.0
Open Command Prompt window and change directory to the extracted files location
cd RMagick-2.9.0-ImageMagick-6.4.8-6-Q8
gem update --system
gem install rmagick --local
Console output: Successfully installed rmagick-2.9.0-x86-mswin32 1 gem installed
5. Verify RMagick Installation
Open new command prompt window
irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'rubygems'
true
irb(main):001:0> require 'RMagick'
true
6. Download and install Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/1/1/1116b75a-9ec3-481a-a3c8-1777b5381140/vcredist_x86.exe
7. Changes in File Column Plugin (file-column-0.3)
Go to vendor/plugins/file-column-0.3 in your Rails Application.
In "lib/magick_file_column.rb" file, replace the line
require_gem 'rmagick' with require 'RMagick'
and save it.
That's all and enjoy using RMagick and File Column.