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This page documents how to downloadAand install the binary distribution packages built by ImageMagick>Studio, as found in the ImageMagick 'binaries' subdirectory ofAImageMagick ftp sites. Those who prefer to build ImageMagick fromBsource code should refer to the source codeinstallation guide.

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Download the appropriate binary fromsftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/binaries1or a mirror site.

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The available Unixish binaries are shown in the following table:



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Description

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ImageMagick-alphaev6-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz

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J Linux0 on Compaq Alpha processor

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x ImageMagick-i686-pc-cygwin.tar.gz

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K Cygwin8 environment for Microsoft Windows

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{ ImageMagick-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz

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L Red-Hat+ Linux for Pentium II

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z ImageMagick-mips-sgi-irix6.5.tar.gz

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H SGI IRIX

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ImageMagick-powerpc-apple-darwin5.5.tar.gz

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H Mac. OS X "Darwin"

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~ ImageMagick-sparc-sun-solaris2.9.tar.gz

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L Solaris5 SPARC (requires 64-bit kernel)


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Create (or choose) a directory to install the package into and cd#to that directory, for example:

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mkdir $HOME/ImageMagick

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cd $HOME/ImageMagick

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Extract the contents of the package using the command

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gzip -dc /path/to/package.tar.gz | tar -xf -

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If the 'bin' subdirectory of the extracted package is not already?in your executable search path, add it to your PATH environmentvariable. For example

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export PATH="$HOME/ImageMagick:PATH"

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Test ImageMagick to see if it is working

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convert LOGO: logo.miff

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display logo.miff

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ImageMagick tries to automatically find its components, butBoccasionally it may fail. If an error is displayed that a file can=not be found, you may need to set the MAGICK_HOME environmentCvariable to specify path where you extracted the ImageMagick files.For example

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export MAGICK_HOME="$HOME/ImageMagick"



Additional Information



Environment Variables:

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In addition to the MAGICK_HOME environment variable described/above, you may find these variables useful:



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b MAGICK_HOME

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I PathA to ImageMagick installation directory (directory above 'bin'" directory).

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N Megabytes9 of memory available to pixel cache

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g MAGICK_FONT_PATH

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N DirectoryO containing Truetype and/or Postscript Type 1 font files.

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] TMPDIR

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I Path/ to store temporary files

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f LD_LIBRARY_PATH

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I PathF to find libMagick.so and other shared libraries




Configuration Files

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ImageMagick depends on a number of external configuration filesAwhich include colors.mgk, delegates.mgk, magic.mgk, type.mgk, and@modules.mgk. ImageMagick searches for configuration files in the4following order, and will use the first file found: 

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<client path>/../lib/ImageMagick/

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$MAGICK_HOME/lib/ImageMagick/

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$HOME/.magick/

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<current directory>/



Font Files

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ImageMagick is able to load raw TrueType and Postscript fontBfiles. It searches for these files in the following order and usesthe first match found:

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<current directory>/

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$MAGICK_FONT_PATH/

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$MAGICK_HOME/

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$HOME/.magick/



Module Files

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ImageMagick's file format support is usually provided in the form<of loadable modules. It searches for loadable modules in the6following order and it uses the first match found:

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<client/path>/../lib/ImageMagick/modules/coders/

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$MAGICK_HOME/lib/ImageMagick/modules/coders/

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$HOME/.magick/

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<current directory>/

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Download

ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/binaries/ImageMagick-5.4.9-i686-pc-windows.exe

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and execute it from the Windows Command Shell, double-click fromCWindows Explorer, or just "open" it from your browser, to#start the installation program.

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Once ImageMagick is installed, Select Start->Programs->Command1Prompt. In the Command Prompt window type

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convert logo: logo.miff

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imdisplay logo.miff

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If you have an X11 server and would like to test ImageMagick with+it, from the Command Prompt window type

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set DISPLAY=:0

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display

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Note, if you are using MacOS-X ("Darwin")Dplease refer to the Unix installation instructions.


Download

ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/binaries/ImageMagick-powerpc-apple-mac9.2.sit

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and double click on it to extract the distribution. Move to the@ImageMagick folder and double click on the convert program icon.Next, type

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-verbose logo: logo.jpg

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in the command window and choose File->Quit to exit.

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There is no binary package available for VMS.

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unzip ImageMagick-5.4.8.zip

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set default [.imagemagick]

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@make

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identify -verbose logo:


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