Install ImageMagick in Ubuntu Linux

This post was written by admin on September 16, 2009
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ImageMagick is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images.It supports about 100 image formats and can perform impressive operations such as creating images from scratch; changing colors; stretching, rotating, and overlaying images; and overlaying text on images. Whether you use ImageMagick to manage the family photos or to embark on a job involving millions of images, this book provides you with the knowledge to manage your images with ease.
Install ImageMagick in Linux
First,download ImageMagick from this page.

Unpack with this command:

tar xvfz ImageMagick-6.5.3-10.tar.gz

Configure and compile ImageMagick:

cd ImageMagick-6.5.3-10/

./configure

make

To install administrator privileges:

sudo make install

Now,verify the ImageMagick install worked properly,type:

/usr/local/bin/convert logo: logo.gif

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    Reader Comments

    I received the following error when I first tried to run
    ldconfig /usr/local/lib

    … libMagickCore.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

    running
    sudo ldconfig /usr/local/lib
    resolved the issue

    http://www.semanticpool.de/cannot-open-shared-object-file-no-such-file-or-directory/

    Thanks for great instructions

    [Reply]

    #1 
    Written By James Warrington on August 12th, 2010 @ 1:15 am

    when i am converting a jpeg file to .r format then i got the following errors:

    a1tech@localhost:/usr/local/bin$ convert andiph.jpeg andiph.r
    convert: no decode delegate for this image format `andiph.jpeg’ @ error/constitute.c/ReadImage/532.
    convert: missing an image filename `andiph.r’ @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/2946.
    a1tech@localhost:/usr/local/bin$

    how to convert it?
    I got the documention form :http://source.android.com/porting/customization.html

    [Reply]

    #2 
    Written By Subrat on November 17th, 2010 @ 10:48 am

    i run the command:
    display flower.png
    then i got the error as:
    display: delegate library support not built-in `’ (X11) @ error/display.c/DisplayImageCommand/1908.

    please help me how to fix it…
    thanks

    [Reply]

    #3 
    Written By deepak on April 15th, 2012 @ 11:25 pm

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