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# Windows

## Working with

* Windows 7 professional 64bit & Ruby 1.9.3-p125
* Windows XP SP3 32bit & Ruby 1.9.3-p125
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Have newer versions of Ruby been tested? Checking if it works in 2.0.x would be very beneficial.


## Install

1. Install [Ghostscript](http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghostscript/) from [gs905w32.exe](http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ghostscript/GPL%20Ghostscript/9.05/gs905w32.exe).
2. Install [ImageMagick](http://www.imagemagick.org) from [ImageMagick-6.7.6-3-Q16-windows-dll.exe](http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binaries/ImageMagick-6.7.6-3-Q16-windows-dll.exe)
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I don't think these versions are the latest ones any more. A recommendation to use the latest one would probably be a better choice.

* Install dev headers (Check!)
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This could probably be reworded to something like:

Check the installation option of "Install dev headers"

* Install into C:\opt (You can use any other place witout spaces in the path.}
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Is this still a necessity?

3. Restart your console / comand prompt / IDE / ... or just restart windows to make ImageMagick commands available.
4. Install rmagick
<code>gem install rmagick --platform=ruby -- --with-opt-lib=C:/opt/ImageMagick-6.7.6-Q16/lib --with-opt-include=c:/opt/ImageMagick-6.7.6-Q16/include</code>
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Use code escaping instead of <code> tags. Please refer to this guide for more information.


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This newline is redundant.


## Trouble shooting
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This line is misspelled.

* The versions of the downloadable software is changing form time to time. Do not give up, if the link is down. Visite the website and look for the next newer version.
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This line would probably be redundant if you recommended using the latest version right away, as mentioned above.

* Spaces in the installation path of ImageMagick cause serious problems.
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As asked above, is this still the case?

* If you installed rmagick to a different path change the path in the gem command as well.
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This line has trailing whitespace and no newline at EOF.