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         <h2 id="quick-installation">Quick Installation</h2>

<div class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code># apt-get build-dep imagemagick
# apt-get install imagemagick perlmagick html2ps lpr libwmf-bin
</code></pre></div></div>

<p>See <a href="#testing">Testing</a> below.</p>

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<h2 id="manual-installation">Manual Installation</h2>

<h3 id="references">References</h3>

<ul>
  <li>http://www.imagemagick.org/script/install-source.php#unix
    <ul>
      <li>http://www.imagemagick.org/script/advanced-unix-installation.php</li>
    </ul>
  </li>
</ul>

<h3 id="download">Download</h3>

<ul>
  <li>http://www.imagemagick.org/script/install-source.php#unix</li>
</ul>

<h3 id="installing-image-libraries">Installing Image Libraries</h3>

<div class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code># apt-get install libjpeg62-dev libpng12-dev libtiff4-dev
</code></pre></div></div>

<p>Alternatively the following should install everything needed by ImageMagick:</p>

<div class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code># apt-get build-dep imagemagick
</code></pre></div></div>

<p>I think its a good idea to remove the apt-get installed version of ImageMagick, if indeed it exists:</p>

<div class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code># apt-get remove imagemagick
</code></pre></div></div>

<p>Don’t worry about Ghostscript, if gslib is unavailable it will fall back on the Ghostscript binary.</p>

<h3 id="installation">Installation</h3>

<div class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code>$ gunzip -c ImageMagick-6.x.x.tar.gz | tar xvf -
$ cd ImageMagick-6.x.x
$ ./configure --without-x
$ make
$ make install
$ make clean
$ ldconfig /usr/local/lib
</code></pre></div></div>

<p><strong>To make ldconfig remember this change permanently, simply add <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">/usr/local/lib</code> to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">/etc/ld.so.conf</code></strong></p>

<h2 id="testing">Testing</h2>

<div class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code>$ cd..
$ convert -version
$ convert logo: logo.gif
</code></pre></div></div>

<h2 id="support">Support</h2>

<ul>
  <li>http://studio.imagemagick.org/mailman/listinfo/magick-users
    <ul>
      <li>http://www.nabble.com/Magick-users-f13962.html</li>
    </ul>
  </li>
  <li>http://studio.imagemagick.org/magick/viewforum.php?f=7</li>
</ul>

<h2 id="tips">Tips</h2>

<p>PDF Thumbnails:</p>

<div class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code># convert "Trident Honda Fax Header.pdf[0]" -thumbnail "200x200" test.gif
</code></pre></div></div>


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