Imagemagick 6.3.x

[iluminate]

Hi,

From what I can see there is only version 6.2.3 available of imagemagick in apt.
Where can I find version 6.3.x?
I would rather not compile it myself of obvious reasons.

Cheers

[justleen]

if the version is not in the repositories, and since there is no deb file available you'll have to compile it yourself, im afraid...

[iluminate]

Thanks mister for you answer. Have to use magickwand, and now not possible if I do not compile it myself....what a shame.
Peace

[DJTurboToJo]

Hey,

I just installed imagemagick 6.3.5.3. I'm no an expert in Linux but I think my version works fine.
It works on the command line and with its C API (MagickWand).

I deinstalled the old imageversion via Synaptic Package Manager.
Then I downloaded the newest source from http://www.imagemagick.org/script/install-source.php
Then do the unpack stuff gunzip -c ImageMagick.tar.gz | tar xvf - and go in this new folder cd ImageMagick-6.3.5
The next step is the configuration and this the crucial part. There is a lot you can configure (if you really want to know what s going on check: http://www.imagemagick.org/script/ad...stallation.php for more information).

For me it was important that I change the prefix (./configure --prefix=/usr) this ensures that it gets installed in /usr and not in the default folder /usr/local.
After that I did make and then sudo make install. During this installation there are many warnings messages like libtool: link: warning and then something like blablabla seems to be moved. This warning is triggered by the GNU libtool that complains about the // in the path. However the make runs through and after sudo make install I could use MagickWand.

So if you really need the newest version...try and install it.

Maybe that helps
TurboToJo

[wayfarer_boy]

An old thread, I know, but thanks to DJTurboToJo's tip, I now have an ImageMagick that can -extent using a specific background colour (only available in ImageMagick 6.3.2 or above)! Thanks particularly for the configure code:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Very handy!

[dante.regis]

Thanks for the help!

Just for notice, since I'm a lazy guy, I prefer typing an extra "z" on the tar command rather than using gunzip:

tar xvzf filename.tar.gz

instead of your (working) method: gunzip -c filename.tar.gz | tar xvf -

just a question of choice, yet though you should know