I am on Debian Lenny with Ruby 1.9.2 (under RVM). I installed ImageMagick, required by rmagick, from source following this guide.

Now I get the following output when trying to install rmagick with gem install rmagick :

Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing rmagick:
        ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

        /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/bin/ruby extconf.rb
checking for Ruby version >= 1.8.5... yes

checking for gcc... yes

checking for Magick-config... yes

Warning: Found more than one ImageMagick installation. This could cause problems at runtime.
         /usr/local/bin/Magick-config reports version 6.7.4 Q16 is installed in /usr/local
         /usr/bin/Magick-config reports version 6.3.7 Q16 is installed in /usr
Using 6.7.4 Q16 from /usr/local.


checking for ImageMagick version >= 6.4.9... yes

checking for HDRI disabled version of ImageMagick... yes

**checking for stdint.h... extconf.rb failed**

**Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of
necessary libraries and/or headers.  Check the mkmf.log file for more
details.  You may need configuration options.**

Provided configuration options:
        --with-opt-dir
        --without-opt-dir
        --with-opt-include
        --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
        --with-opt-lib
        --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
        --with-make-prog
        --without-make-prog
        --srcdir=.
        --curdir
        --ruby=/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/bin/ruby

**/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:368:in `try_do': The complier failed to generate an executable file. (RuntimeError)**

**You have to install development tools first.**

        from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:452:in `try_cpp'
        from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:834:in `block in have_header'
        from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:693:in `block in checking_for'
        from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:280:in `block (2 levels) in postpone'
        from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:254:in `open'
        from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:280:in `block in postpone'
        from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:254:in `open'
        from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:276:in `postpone'
        from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:692:in `checking_for'
        from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:833:in `have_header'
        from extconf.rb:193:in `<main>'

Edit: found the mkmf.log, which has the following errors:

"gcc -o conftest -I/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/include/ruby-1.9.1/x86_64-linux -I/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/include/ruby-1.9.1/ruby/backward -I/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/include/ruby-1.9.1 -I.  -fopenmp -I/usr/local/include/ImageMagick    -fopenmp -I/usr/local/include/ImageMagick   conftest.c  -L. -L/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib -Wl,-R/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib  -L/usr/local/lib -lMagickCore      -L/usr/local/lib -lMagickCore    -Wl,-R -Wl,/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib -L/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib -lruby-static  -lpthread -lrt -ldl -lcrypt -lm   -lc"
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawPathStart'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawSetViewbox'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawSetFont'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawSetStrokeColor'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawColor'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawPopPattern'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawSetFillPatternURL'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawSetStrokeDashArray'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawAllocateWand'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `PushDrawingWand'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawPathClose'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `PixelSetRedQuantum'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawScale'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawSetTextUnderColor'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawLine'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `PopDrawingWand'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DestroyPixelWand'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawSetFontSize'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawTranslate'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawPathMoveToAbsolute'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawAnnotation'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawSetStrokeAntialias'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawPushDefs'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawPathFinish'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DestroyMagickWand'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawRoundRectangle'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawPopDefs'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `PixelSetQuantumColor'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawSetFillColor'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawComposite'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawSetClipPath'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawRender'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawEllipse'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawComment'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawPathLineToAbsolute'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `PixelSetBlueQuantum'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawSetStrokeLineJoin'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawPushPattern'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `PixelSetColor'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawPushClipPath'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawSetStrokeLineCap'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawArc'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `NewMagickWandFromImage'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `PixelSetOpacityQuantum'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawPopClipPath'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawSetClipRule'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `NewPixelWand'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawRotate'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawRectangle'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DestroyDrawingWand'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawSetStrokeWidth'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawPathEllipticArcAbsolute'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `DrawSetStrokePatternURL'
/usr/local/lib/libMagickCore.so: undefined reference to `PixelSetGreenQuantum'
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