Installation question

[whobyfire]

Hi,

I'm new to ImageMagick - my apologies for the naive question. I would like to install ImageMagick on my Mac (Mountain Lion: Version.10.8.5). The Download page (http://www.imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php) specifies Mac OS X El Capitan for the newest version, ImageMagick 7.0.2-9. Is this version compatible with Mountain Lion? If not, where can I find a compatible version?

Thank you.

[fmw42]

No, it is not. Your best bet would be to install from MacPorts or from Homebrew.

You can also install all your delegates from MacPorts and then install IM from source as per viewtopic.php?f=1&t=21502&p=88202&hilit ... rts#p88202

P.S. I do the latter on my Snow Leopard so that I can keep updated with IM versions. I do not think IM 7 is available from MacPorts, only IM 6. I do not know about Homebrew. IM 7 is relatively new and these tools may not have put in place and option for IM 7. But IM 6 is perfectly fine and the existing documentation was written for IM 6.

[whobyfire]

Thank you for your response!

Have you (or anyone else on here) had any experience with the installer package from Cactus lab: http://cactuslab.com/imagemagick/ ?

[fmw42]

Sorry, I have never heard of it. If you use it, be sure to install with all the newer updates to get these delegates


"These ImageMagick installers include the following delegates: bzlib fftw jng jpeg lcms lzma png ps tiff xml zlib, and now includes support for webp. The second installer requires XQuartz and adds fontconfig freetype x.

NEW I have added a Ghostscript installer, once installed ImageMagick will be able to work with PDF and PS files."

The only issue I see is that it IM 6.9.1.0 and IM is now at 6.9.5.7 (so about 47 versions old). Though it should be fine for a newbie, unless there are known bugs. You can see what has changes at http://legacy.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php

[fmw42]

MacPorts is at IM 6.9.5-4. I cannot seem to find out what version(s) of Imagemagick can be installed from Homebrew. But I am not familiar with it, since I have only used MacPorts.

[whobyfire]

Thanks for your help, I will try MacPorts. From what you described, IM 6 will run on Mountain Lion. For my own knowledge, where can I find any documentation that confirms this?

[fmw42]

I would confirm with the MacPorts people about Mountain Lion. https://www.macports.org/contact.php.

If the binaries do not install from any Installer such as MacPorts or Homebrew. They you can still install IM from sources after installing MacPorts and the delegates you need. It takes time, but it works per my link above.