How to install ImageMagick

In this guide, we will install ImageMagick. First off, you need to determine whether or not you are installing ImageMagick on a 32bit operating system, or a 64 bit operating system. To do so is pretty easy.

[1] Login to your server's shell as root, and run this command:

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">uname -a</syntaxhighlight>

Your server will output something like this:

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">Linux hostname.myserver 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5 #1 SMP Thu May 7 10:35:59 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux</syntaxhighlight>

or

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">Linux hostname2.myserver 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5PAE #1 SMP Thu May 7 11:14:31 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux</syntaxhighlight>

These are two examples and the important part is the x86_64 or the i686. If you see x86_64, you have a 64 bit operating system. If you see i686 or i386, you have a 32 bit operating system.

[2] If you have a 64 bit operating system on your server, please run the following commands to install ImageMagick:

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> cd /usr/src wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/imagemagick/ImageMagick-6.4.7-10.tar.gz?use_mirror=superb-east tar -xvzf ImageMagick-6.4.7-10.tar.gz rm -rf ImageMagick-6.4.7-10.tar.gz cd ImageMagick-* ./configure --prefix=/usr LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib" make make install cd PerlMagick perl Makefile.PL make make install cd ../.. rm -rf ImageMagick-6.4.7-10 </syntaxhighlight>

If you have a 32 bit operating system on your server, please run the following commands to install ImageMagick:

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> cd /usr/src wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/imagemagick/ImageMagick-6.4.7-10.tar.gz?use_mirror=superb-east tar -xvzf ImageMagick-6.4.7-10.tar.gz rm -rf ImageMagick-6.4.7-10.tar.gz cd ImageMagick-* ./configure --prefix=/usr make make install cd PerlMagick perl Makefile.PL make make install cd ../.. rm -rf ImageMagick-6.4.7-10 </syntaxhighlight>

Once the script finishes installing, you are all done.