this is (well: was) really a problem with Gem, rather than Pd. Since then, Gem has changed a lot (and now dynamically loads ImageMagick, so even if there was a problem as described, Gem would still be able to load).
In any case, the problem seems to have been solved since a couple of years (and Impish is definitely not affected) ** Package changed: puredata (Ubuntu) => gem (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: gem (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Studio Bugs, which is subscribed to puredata in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu Studio Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/923501 Title: Puredata can't load Gem in Ubuntu 11.10 Status in PureData: Unknown Status in gem package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: I use Ubuntu 64 bit on a pc with intel i7. Until yesterday Ubuntu 10.10 + Puredata 0.43.0-4+ Gem 0.92.3-2 worked well. Today i upgrade Ubuntu to 11.4 and 11.10. When i open Puredata, it say: " usr/lib/pd/extra/Gem/Gem.pd_linux: /usr/lib/pd/extra/Gem/Gem.pd_linux: undefined symbol: _ZN6Magick5ImageC1EmmRKSsN10MagickCore11StorageTypeEPKv " To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/puredata/+bug/923501/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs Post to : ubuntustudio-bugs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp