Installing ImageMagick on Debian

1. Install the delegate libraries
http://www.imagemagick.org/download/delegates/

  • freetype
  • ghostscripts (pdf)
  • libpng
  • jpegsrc
  • etc…

2. Install ImageMagick
http://www.imagemagick.org/download/

tar xvzf ImageMagick.tar.gz
cd ImageMagick-X.Y.Z
./configure
make
sudo make install
/sbin/ldconfig /usr/local/lib —-f important

http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-linux.html
http://www.krzywanski.net/archives/630