Binary Build For Mac OS 10.4x Tiger

[fmw42]

Any possibility that a binary build for IM under Tiger can be created a downloaded from the Binary Code page along with the current build for Leopard. You provide multiple builds for Unix and Windows and most Mac users have not upgraded to Leopard, yet.

[magick]

A Tiger build is on our schedule. Give us a few days to get it built and distributed.

[fmw42]

thanks

[fmw42]

I now see that IM v6.3.7 is out, but still no build for Mac OS 10.4.x Tiger. Would it be possible to make a binary build for Tiger along with the Mac OS 10.5.x Leopard when new builds are made for all operating systems? Thanks.

[magick]

These things take time. Stand by...

[fmw42]

thanks

[magick]

Grab ImageMagick-universal-apple-darwin8.11.0.tar.gz from ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/binaries (available in about an hour).

[fmw42]

Thanks. It mostly works. But I cannot display an image.

I get messages about usage:

display logo:
Version: ImageMagick 6.3.7 11/19/07 Q16 http://www.imagemagick.org
Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2007 ImageMagick Studio LLC

Usage: display [options ...] file [ [options ...] file ...]

and much more below that.


I have set up (as before) my .profile file to include
export DISPLAY=:0

and I have X11 open already.

Has something else changed?

Thanks.

Fred

[magick]

We disabled X11 support because we built on an old PowerPC that does not have a i386 version of the X11 libraries. Our standard suggestion is to build ImageMagick with either Mac Ports or Fink.

[fmw42]

Not to look a gift horse in the mouth, but how was it that until recently you were able to build Mac OS 10.4 Tiger binaries with X11 support and now you cannot? Is it not possible to install X11 on this older PowerPC? It should be available form Apple or elsewhere.

(It is unfortunate for the Mac community that you cannot adequately support both Tiger and Leopard, yet you can support multiple versions for Unix and Windows)

I am not that versed with compiling from source and have never used either Mac Ports or Fink, but understand that there is some effort in setting up Xcode Tools and the like. Does anyone have any recommendations about which of MacPorts or Fink might be the easiest to use or other comments about doing such. I also understand that they install in their own specific directories. Is it possible (and easy) to move the installed binary elsewhere after the installation by either of these programs. I have my .profile file set up for a specific location where I want to have IM located and would rather not mess further with my .profile file as I am not well versed in Unix.

I will have to look into MacPorts and Fink further, but would really prefer to just get the binaries from IM. So I hope you will consider continuing to offer a Mac OS 10.4 binary with X11 included at some later time.

Thanks.

[magick]

The ImageMagick developers have plenty of Linux boxes but only two Mac laptops. The Intel laptop has Leopard on it and the older PowerPC has Tiger. The PowerPC does not have the i386 libraries on it while the Leopard has both i386 and PowerPC for a proper Universal binary build. Now we could figure out how to download/install the i386 X11 libraries but its a question of priorities. Right now we're swamped and we don't have the time to pursue it.

[fmw42]

OK. Thanks for the explanation.