Edit File: QuickStart.txt
This file documents how to use the binary distribution packages built by ImageMagick Studio LLC, and found in the ImageMagick 'binaries' subdirectory of ImageMagick download sites. Those who want to build ImageMagick from source code should refer to https://imagemagick.org/script/install-source.php. Unix/Linux/Darwin/Mac OS X/Cygwin/MinGW Install: Download the appropriate binary from https://download.imagemagick.org/ImageMagick/download/binaries Create (or choose) a directory to install the package into and change to that directory, for example: cd $HOME Extract the contents of the package using the command gzip -dc /path/to/package.tar.gz | tar -xf - If the 'bin' subdirectory of the extracted package is not already in your executable search path, add it to your PATH environment variable. For example export PATH; PATH="$HOME/ImageMagick/bin:$PATH" Set the MAGICK_HOME environment variable to the path where you extracted the ImageMagick files. For example export MAGICK_HOME="$HOME/ImageMagick-7.0.11" On Linux and Solaris machines set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$HOME/ImageMagick-7.0.11/lib" On Mac OS X (Darwin) machines set the DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable: export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="$HOME/ImageMagick-7.0.11/lib" Now, test ImageMagick to see if it is working convert logo: logo.gif display logo.gif To install PerlMagick type cd ImageMagick-7.0.11/PerlMagick perl Makefile.PL make make install Additional Information Environment Variables: In addition to the MAGICK_HOME environment variable defined above, you may find these variables useful: MAGICK_TMPDIR path to store temporary files LD_LIBRARY_PATH path to libMagick.so and other libraries Configuration Files ImageMagick depends on a number of external configuration files which include colors.xml, delegates.xml, and others. ImageMagick searches for configuration files in the following order, and loads them if found: $MAGICK_CONFIGURE_PATH $MAGICK_HOME/etc/ImageMagick $MAGICK_HOME/share/ImageMagick-7.0.11/config $HOME/.config/ImageMagick/ <client path>/etc/ImageMagick/ <current directory>/ Font Files ImageMagick is able to load raw TrueType and Postscript font files. It searches for the font configuration file, type.xml, in the following order, and loads them if found: $MAGICK_CONFIGURE_PATH $MAGICK_HOME/etc/ImageMagick $MAGICK_HOME/share/ImageMagick-7.0.11/config $HOME/.config/ImageMagick/ <client path>/etc/ImageMagick/ <current directory>/ $MAGICK_FONT_PATH Module Files ImageMagick's file format support is usually provided in the form of loadable modules. It searches for loadable modules in the following order and it uses the first match found: <current directory>/ $MAGICK_HOME/etc/ImageMagick/modules-Q16/coders/ $HOME/.config/ImageMagick/ <client path>/../etc/ImageMagick/modules-Q16/coders/ $MAGICK_HOME/etc/ImageMagick/modules-Q16/coders $MAGICK_HOME/share/ImageMagick-7.0.11/modules-Q16/coders $HOME/.config/ImageMagick/ <client path>/etc/ImageMagick/modules-Q16/coders <current directory>/ Windows Vista, XP, and NT Install: Download one of https://download.imagemagick.org/download/ImageMagick/binaries/ImageMagick-7.0.11-15-Q16-windows-dll.exe https://download.imagemagick.org/download/ImageMagick/binaries/ImageMagick-7.0.11-15-Q16-windows-static.exe https://download.imagemagick.org/download/ImageMagick/binaries/ImageMagick-7.0.11-15-Q8-windows-dll.exe https://download.imagemagick.org/download/ImageMagick/binaries/ImageMagick-7.0.11-15-Q8-windows-static.exe and execute it (or "open" it from your browser) to start the installation program. Once ImageMagick is installed, Select Start->Programs->Command Prompt. In the Command Prompt window type convert logo: logo.gif imdisplay logo.gif If you have an X11 server, from the Command Prompt window type set DISPLAY=:0 display VMS Install: Type unzip ImageMagick.zip set default [.imagemagick] @make identify -verbose logo: