Legacy ImageMagick Discussions Archive

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?

Try "tar xvzf ..."

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.

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!

jcolson wrote: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.

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