[magick-users] Using convert in "read only" mode (or trying to, and failing)

[Ramsden, John]

From: quetzlzacatenango at imagemagick.org
>
> > /usr/bin/ld: cannot open output file /root/install/ImageMagick-6.2...
>
> Try this command
>
>  /root/install/ImageMagick-6.2.8/utilities/.libs/convert -list configure
>
> That runs the convert command directly rathern than the libtool wrapper.

Good grief, that was a quick response. Thanks! I tried that, and it works fine.

At the risk of sounding dumb, what is this libtool wrapper, and why is it used
(or is this all explained somewhere) ?


Cheers

John Ramsden

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