Paperclip Plugin Dependency for Ruby on Rails

Paperclip is an awesome plugin for Rails. There are already at least two great tutorials out there on the subject, but both neglect to mention installing the dependency ImageMagick. On a related note, how awesome has MacPorts become lately?

Install ImageMagick

Macintosh

If you have MacPorts installed...

sudo port install imagemagick

Debian/Ubuntu Linux

sudo apt-get install imagemagick


You can test everything installed okay with the which identify command. If it returns a location, you're good to go with these excellent tutorials:

• Jim Neath's Paperclip: Attaching Files in Rails


• Burm.net's The Ruby on Rails Paperclip Plugin Tutorial - Easy Image Attachments

CentOS Net Install

By installing Linux over the network, you can get up and running a lot faster. Every time I try this, I end up searching for way too long to find out what mirrors I should be using. Thanks to this post, I was pointed in the right direction.

HTTP Install

Web site name: mirror.centos.org

CentOS directory: /centos-5/5.4/os/x86_64/

Note: Adjust the version number and architecture for whatever you're installing

Note: You can find out the path by drilling down through the directories at mirror.centos.org