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Chances are, ImageMagick is already installed on your computer.  Type
convert -version
If the
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convert
program executes and identifies itself as ImageMagick, you may not need to install ImageMagick from source unless you want to add support for additional image formats or upgrade to a newer version.  You also have the option of installing a pre-compiled
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Unix
or
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Windows
.  Before installing from source, you may want to review recent
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changes
to the ImageMagick distribution.
Install from Unix Source
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
ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/ImageMagick.tar.gz
ImageMagick.tar.gz
from
ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick
ftp.imagemagick.org
or its
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mirrors
and unpack it with this command:
gunzip -c ImageMagick.tar.gz | tar xvf -
Next configure and compile ImageMagick:
cd ImageMagick-6.?.?
./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
make install
Finally, verify the ImageMagick install worked properly, type
/usr/local/bin/convert logo: logo.gif
Congratulations, you have a working ImageMagick distribution and you are ready to use ImageMagick to
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convert, compose, or edit
your images or perhaps you'll want to use one of the
../www/api.html
Application Program Interfaces
for C, C++, Perl, and others.
The above instructions will satisfy a great number of ImageMagick users, but we suspect a few will have additional questions or problems to consider.  For example, what does one do if ImageMagick fails to configure or compile?  Or what if you don't have administrator privileges and what if you don't want to install ImageMagick in the default
/../usr/local
folder?  You will find the answer to these questions, and more, in
../www/advanced-unix-installation.html
Advanced Unix Source Installation
.
Install from Windows Source
Building ImageMagick source for Windows requires a modern version of Microsoft Visual Studio IDE.  Users have reported success with the Borland C++ compiler as well.  If you don't have a compiler you can still install a self-installing
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binary release
.
Download
ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/windows/ImageMagick-windows.zip
ImageMagick-windows.zip
from
ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/windows
ftp.imagemagick.org
or its
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mirrors
.  You can unpack the distribution with
http://www.winzip.com
WinZip
or type the following from any MS-DOS Command Prompt window:
unzip ImageMagick-windows.zip
Next, launch your Visual Studio IDE and choose
Open->Project
.  Select the configure workspace from the
ImageMagick-6.?.?/VisualMagick/configure
folder and press Open.  Choose
Build->Build Solution
to compile the program and on completion run the program.
[configure]
Press
Next
and click on the multi-threaded static build.  If you are using the Visual Studio 6.0 IDE, make sure no check is next to the
Generate Visual Studio 7
format option.  Now press, on
Next
twice and finally
Finish
.  The configuration utility just created a workspace required to build ImageMagick from source.  Choose
Open->Project
and select the VisualStaticMT workspace from the
ImageMagick-6.?.?/VisualMagick/
folder.  Finally, choose
Build->Build Solution
to compile and build the ImageMagick distribution.
To verify ImageMagick is working properly, launch a MS-DOS Command Prompt window and type
cd ImageMagick-6.?.?/VisualMagick/bin
convert logo: image.jpg
Congratulations, you have a working ImageMagick distribution under Windows and you are ready to use ImageMagick to
http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/graphics/imagick6
convert, compose, or edit
your images or perhaps you'll want to use one of the
../www/api.html
Application Program Interfaces
for C, C++, Perl, and others.
The above instructions will satisfy a great number of ImageMagick users, but we suspect a few will have additional questions or problems to consider.  For example, what does one do if ImageMagick fails to configure or compile?  Or what if you want to install ImageMagick in a place other than the
ImageMagick-6.?.?/VisualMagick/bin
folder?  You will find the answer to these questions, and more, in
../www/advanced-windows-installation.html
Advanced Windows Source Installation
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