Trying to install...failing

[jcolson]

Initial install attempt was with i386, but it's persistent inability to find the existing libltdl.so.3 caused me to look at alternatives. So, I tried with 86_64, but again had problems. I ended up following directions here: http://www.imagemagick.org/script/insta ... e.php#unix, and downloaded a variety (ImageMagick.tar.gz, ImageMagick-6.8.7-10.tar.gz) from http://www.imagemagick.org/download/ and same from SourceForge. in all cases, when $ tar xvfz ImageMagick.tar.gz, at PerlMagick/quantum/quantum.xs, this happened:

gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Is there help for a nube like me?

[glennrp]

Try "tar xvzf ..."

[magick]

The file unpacks for us without complaint. After you download ImageMagick-6.8.7-10.tar.gz, verify its size is 11711459 bytes. You could also check the SHA-256 digest against digest.rdf in the same download folder to verify it downloaded properly and is not corrupt.

[jcolson]

glennrp: thanks for the correction. I was copying what is on the instruction page I referenced. that needs to be edited. it unpacked without a hitch by using the right command. thanks to both you and Magick for the assist!

[glennrp]

glennrp: thanks for the correction. I was copying what is on the instruction page I referenced. that needs to be edited. it unpacked without a hitch by using the right command. thanks to both you and Magick for the assist!

I updated sources for the installation pages. Most "tar" versions don't care about the order of the xvfz options but some old ones want the "f" to be last.

[jcolson]

Well, since I'm not knowledgeable enough to know to try other options, I really appreciate the assistance. thanks very much!