How do I install ImageMagick under CentOS / Fedora / RHEL / Redhat Linux for displaying and manipulating images via perl, php, blog and other web based apps?
ImageMagick is a simple program for any type of image manipulation on most systems. It can be used for thumbnail generation or captcha generation and so on.
Installation of ImageMagick
Type the following command as a root user to install imagemagick with perl and php support.
- ImageMagick - It is an image display and manipulation tool for the X Window System. ImageMagick can read and write JPEG, TIFF, PNM, GIF, and Photo CD image formats. It can resize, rotate, sharpen, color reduce, or add special effects to an image, and when finished you can either save the completed work in the original format or a different one. ImageMagick also includes command line programs for creating animated or transparent .gifs, creating composite images, creating thumbnail images, and more.
- ImageMagick-perl - Install ImageMagick-perl package if you want to use any perl scripts that use ImageMagick.
Type the following command as the root user:
# yum install ImageMagick ImageMagick-perl
Sample outputs:
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * addons: mirror.usonyx.net * base: mirror.usonyx.net * extras: mirror.usonyx.net * updates: mirror.usonyx.net Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package ImageMagick.i386 0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: libbz2.so.1 for package: ImageMagick --> Processing Dependency: libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 for package: ImageMagick ============================================================================================================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================================================= Installing: ImageMagick i386 6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1 base 3.3 M ImageMagick x86_64 6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1 base 3.3 M ImageMagick-perl x86_64 6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1 base 147 k Installing for dependencies: GConf2 i386 2.14.0-9.el5 base 1.5 M GConf2 x86_64 2.14.0-9.el5 base 1.5 M ORBit2 i386 2.14.3-5.el5 base 252 k ORBit2 x86_64 2.14.3-5.el5 base 263 k alsa-lib x86_64 1.0.17-1.el5 base 414 k ... .... .. Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================================================================= Install 77 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total size: 56 M Total download size: 46 M Is this ok [y/N]:
The above will install ImageMagick and its dependencies automatically.
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Thanks!
Thank you!! :)
Hi,
many thanks for your help. I tried it for a long time and was kind of crazy:)
greetings from Germany
Christian
thanks