libmagic installation ===================== Mahoro is a wrapper around libmagic[1], so it needs the libmagic development headers and libraries to run. If your operating system provides libmagic development libraries and headers, you will not need the "--with-magic*" command-line options below. For Debian-based systems: apt-get install libmagic-dev For CentOS 6.x or similar RPM-based systems: yum install file-devel For CentOS 5.x or similar RPM-based systems: yum install file [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libmagic INSTALL (from RubyGems) ======================= The installation is simple, install libmagic and type the following: # gem install mahoro -- --with-magic-include=/path/to/include \ --with-magic-lib=/path/to/lib INSTALL (from tarball) ====================== The installation is simple, install libmagic and type the following. # ruby setup.rb all -- --with-magic-include=/path/to/include \ --with-magic-lib=/path/to/lib