Installing or updating ImageMagick on EC2 Linux AMI

installing-imagemagick-ec2

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#   *** FYI :: This turned out to be the missing link in the process *****
#   Install the devel packages for png, jpg, tiff. these are dependencies of ImageMagick
#   Time taken: ~ 3secs
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sudo yum -y install libpng-devel libjpeg-devel libtiff-devel


# ******************
#   Download and Install Imagemagick
#   Time taken: ~ 8mins
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time mkdir $HOME/sources/imagemagick_build && cd $HOME/sources/imagemagick_build
wget http://www.imagemagick.org/download/ImageMagick-6.9.4-4.tar.bz2 && \
tar xvf ImageMagick-6.9.4-4.tar.bz2 && cd ImageMagick-6.9.4-4 && \
./configure --without-x && \
make && \
sudo make install


# Testing it:
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$ identify -format '%wx%h' 'https://img0.etsystatic.com/058/0/5345540/il_fullxfull.743396346_reav.jpg'
$ identify -format '%wx%h' 'https://cdn.supadupa.me/shop/36734/images/2309169/mascara_wide.gif'
$ identify -format '%wx%h' 'https://cdn.supadupa.me/shop/36734/assets/30985/J.won_logo-1_large.png'

I had to do those aditional steps, before make ..

$ yum install wget
$ yum groupinstall "Development Tools"

Hi,

Consider adding -p argument for mkdir (for who don't have the fisrt directory), and change the version, your isn't available anymore:

time mkdir -p $HOME/sources/imagemagick_build && cd $HOME/sources/imagemagick_build
wget http://www.imagemagick.org/download/ImageMagick-7.0.8-49.tar.xz && \
tar xvf ImageMagick-7.0.8-49.tar.xz && cd ImageMagick-7.0.8-49 && \
./configure --without-x && \
make && \
sudo make install

For me, I have to install this too:

sudo yum install php-pecl-imagick.x86_64

Regards