How to install ImageMagick?

[Shane Melson]

ImageMagick builds on a variety of Unix and Unix-like operating systems including Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, and others. A compiler is required and fortunately almost all modern Unix systems have one. Download ImageMagick.tar.gz from ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/

Let us see the step to install ImgaeMagick version 6.3.0.4
First download the tar file
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wget ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageM...6.3.0-4.tar.gz
tar -zxvf ImageMagick-6.3.0-4.tar.gz
Next configure and compile ImageMagick:
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cd ImageMagick-6.3.0-4.tar.gz
./configure
make
If ImageMagick configured and compiled without complaint, you are ready to install it on your system. Administrator privileges are required to install. To install, type
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make install
Finally, verify the ImageMagick install worked properly, type
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/usr/local/bin/convert logo: logo.gif