RMagick install on Media Temple grid (gs)

Hey there,

Has anybody determined yet if it is necessary to build ImageMagick and its libraries before installing the specific RMagick gem on Media Temple grid (gs) ??--apart from the dedicated plan. From what I have gathered from the limited mt documentation and a few stray blogs out there, its a pain in the ass to build from scratch-- more so without root access. This is my first deployment from a windows machine and have to say, the development process was a walk in the park in contrast to this rollout ....Saw this question posed before but with no definitive answers...thanks for the heads up if anybody should know!

Blaine

Update to anybody who might need to know:

ImageMagick is already installed on (gs) in /user/bin/