On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 10:12:08AM +1100, Rowel Atienza wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Orlando Andico wrote:
> 
>       ImageMagick is good but it took me *2 weeks* to finally make a an
> error free compilation on our SunE450 (grrrrr...) . For the info of
> non-ImageMagick users, ImageMagick depends on several independent
> libraries (eg jpeg, tiff, mpeg, etc) that you have to download and install
> first before you hit the ./configure [OPTIONS] . The worst part is each
> library has its own problem of compiling too (grrrr...). I think the
> maintainer of ImageMagick should make a better autoconf/automake script. 
>       But in the end, it is a pretty good software not only for image
> manipulation but also for document preparation. I guess installing it in
> linux may be easier.

I hate to say it, but FreeBSD is so far ahead in this area.  I've
compiled IM from source on Linux, and it was a pain to find everything.
Under FreeBSD, just cd to the IM directory and type "make install".
It's very simple.

Michael
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