ERROR Original Error: ImageMagick/GraphicsMagick is not installed

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I have an app that is using Imagemagick, but I had to rebuild my environment and now when I try and upload an avatar (which is why I am using Imagemagick), it keeps giving me the following error when I try to add an image.

Avatar Failed to manipulate with MiniMagick, maybe it is not an image? Original Error: ImageMagick/GraphicsMagick is not installed

I installed it in the folder that holds my app, but it seems as though the app is not recognizing the install. Is there a way to make the app recognize the minimagick or did I install it in the wrong place or am I completely off.

-UPDATE-

I uninstalled minimgick and reinstalled, but still get the same error, although it shows that it is installed. Here are my versions...

-imagemagick-6.9.1-6

-ruby 2.2.1p85 (2015-02-26 revision 49769) [x86_64-darwin14]

-Rails 4.0.10

-running on a mac

score 94 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 20 '18 at 04:10

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You need to install libmagickwand-dev in order to successfully complete the rmagick gem. Following command will do the job for you:

sudo apt-get install libmagickwand-dev

On a Mac, you would run the following command:

brew install imagemagick # it requires you to install Homebrew first.

edited Jul 20 '18 at 04:10

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answered Jul 02 '15 at 19:55

Arslan Ali

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This is in the folder that contains my app right not the app itself? – SupremeA Jul 02 '15 at 19:57
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You can run this command from any where in your terminal. Caution: It works on Ubuntu. – Arslan Ali Jul 02 '15 at 19:58
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On Mac, you can do `brew install imagemagick`, but that itself requires you to install Homebrew first. – Arslan Ali Jul 02 '15 at 19:58
I am on a Mac and when I tried brew install imagemagick I got this... Warning: imagemagick-6.9.1-6 already installed – SupremeA Jul 02 '15 at 20:00
@SupremeA Then, you need to uninstall it, and re-install it. – Arslan Ali Jul 02 '15 at 20:01
So is this the same thing do I run brew install within my app folder or doesnt matter? – SupremeA Jul 02 '15 at 20:23
Nope, you can do it anywhere. Any thing that starts with `sudo` or `brew`, that isn't directory dependent. – Arslan Ali Jul 02 '15 at 20:25
I got it I had to install in on the virtual machine with Ubuntu. Thanks – SupremeA Jul 04 '15 at 18:04
So I had the same issue, I ran above command and was able to add one image, the second time I am trying to add image, I get the same issue. any idea – Suraj Jul 29 '15 at 00:28

score 49 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 15 '15 at 11:27

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on Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install imagemagick

answered Dec 15 '15 at 11:27

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For me, on Ubuntu 14.04, I needed this answer and @Arslan's answer. – Adrian Carr Jun 18 '16 at 17:50
Worked for me on Ubuntu 16.04(I ran into this issue trying to deploy a rails web application that utilised imagemagick for image resizing) – Francis Malloch Jul 11 '16 at 05:32
I also needed both answers. – Jeff Zivkovic May 16 '19 at 03:57
This comment was what i needed, also the accepted one above is part of the solution – Amir El-Bashary Jul 11 '19 at 09:07
You saved my evening, thank you! – Unkas Dec 16 '21 at 21:56

score 22 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 26 '16 at 16:59

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I had the same issue and solved it with:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install imagemagick --fix-missing

answered Jun 26 '16 at 16:59

Nick

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i was able to convert images in console, but resque jobs would keep returning that error. after running the --fix-missing everything worked again – Cremz Feb 25 '19 at 14:48

score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 25 '19 at 16:42

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sudo apt-get install graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat

answered Feb 25 '19 at 16:42

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 20 '18 at 03:35

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Just an update on my experience. I recently had the same issue with the latest version of ImageMagick 7.0.8-7. I fixed the problem by just downgrading to 6.9.... This solved the issue for some reason.

I was on Windows btw. x64.

answered Jul 20 '18 at 03:35

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I've found the binaries here https://imagemagick.org/archive/binaries/ – Pizaranha Jun 09 '23 at 18:42

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 13 '16 at 07:37

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You just need to update your system libraries. try this:-

sudo apt-get -f install

and then you would be able to upload it.

answered Apr 13 '16 at 07:37

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 11 '19 at 06:16

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For who's on Cloud9 encountering the error:

MiniMagick::Invalid (You must have ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick installed)

this solved for me:

sudo yum install ImageMagick

answered Apr 11 '19 at 06:16

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ERROR Original Error: ImageMagick/GraphicsMagick is not installed

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