Getting RMagick working on Fedora Core 6 @ Will’s Web Miscellany

Getting RMagick working on Fedora Core 6

Posted on April 23rd, 2007 Will 16 comments

I needed to install rmagick over the weekend as I was playing with the file_column plugin. Rubygems has usually been good to me so I didn’t expect any problems when I issued the command:

#gem install rmagick <snip> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.5/./lib/rvg/misc.rb:321:in `get_type_metrics': unable to read font `/usr/share/fonts/default/TrueType/verdana.ttf' (Magick::ImageMagickError) from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.5/./lib/rvg/misc.rb:321:in `render' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.5/./lib/rvg/misc.rb:696:in `text' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.5/./lib/rvg/text.rb:65:in `add_primitives' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.5/./lib/rvg/container.rb:72:in `add_primitives' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.5/./lib/rvg/container.rb:72:in `each' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.5/./lib/rvg/container.rb:72:in `add_primitives' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.5/./lib/rvg/rvg.rb:264:in `add_outermost_primitives' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.5/./lib/rvg/rvg.rb:264:in `each' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.5/./lib/rvg/rvg.rb:264:in `add_outermost_primitives' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.5/./lib/rvg/rvg.rb:236:in `draw' from InitialCoords.rb:22 post-setup.rb: InitialCoords.rb example returned error code 256

Uh-oh. It seems I was missing some windows specific fonts. Well obviously, I am using Linux. With no obvious package with the missing fonts available in yum I went looking and found this windows font rpm.

After installing and linking the font dir to the place rmagick expects them:

ln -s /usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts /usr/share/fonts/default/TrueType

That done #gem install rmagick works!

Programming, Ruby
16 responses to “Getting RMagick working on Fedora Core 6”
1. Carl Drinkwater April 30th, 2007 at 11:59
  
  You could also run sudo gem install rmagick --enable-allow-example-errors – That works on OSX, with ImageMagick installed from MacPorts.
2. Scott Persinger May 2nd, 2007 at 00:14
  
  Thanks, this saved my ass today.
3. Patrick May 20th, 2007 at 23:15
  
  Thanks a 1,000,000!
4. Stanislav Bozhvko June 14th, 2007 at 21:12
  
  On fedora the full command for installing rmagick is:
  
  gem install rmagick — –build-flags –enable-allow-example-errors
5. Mirek June 18th, 2007 at 20:49
  
  Stanislav Bozhvko – you’ve got a beer when in London next time mate!
6. shmaize June 22nd, 2007 at 10:24
  
  Thanks,
  Successfully installed rmagick-1.15.7
7. garry June 30th, 2007 at 01:10
  
  awesome! u saved the day for me!
8. Max August 18th, 2007 at 18:05
  
  Huh, thanks. I actually don’t even need the TT fonts, as I’m not doing any font rendering; so Stanislav’s pointer is even more useful… Thanks to both!
9. Eiji September 1st, 2007 at 05:20
  
  Thanks. Your tip worked very well. I’ll buy you sushi when you come to Japan!
10. Bob September 11th, 2007 at 16:00
  
  Dude! Thanks. Sometimes this stuff really does my head in!
11. Tim Hunter September 22nd, 2007 at 17:57
  
  Here’s the bugzilla entry that describes this problem: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=291931
12. Anthony Altemara October 21st, 2007 at 13:37
  
  Thanks! Your fix worked like a charm!
13. joe November 5th, 2007 at 23:42
  
  yes, that worked! Next time you’re in Seattle I’ll buy you a coffee!
14. Matt Darby December 14th, 2007 at 21:34
  
  Saved my ass today too!
15. nap March 4th, 2008 at 23:12
  
  Another ass saved (mine this time). Thanks bud.
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