[magick-users] Installing IM 6.4.1 on OSX 10.5.3

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi,

No response yet. Did I send my question to the wrong list?

Best,

Mark



> Hello,
>
> I'm new to this list, not familiar with customs and habits, here.  
> Hope you don't mind me asking about a subject that certainly has  
> been discussed before. I have searched the archives without any  
> useful results.
>
> I have downloaded the binaries of IM 6.4.1 for Mac OS X a few days  
> ago. I have to use these binaries from the command line, using the  
> OSX terminal rather than X11. As far as I understand from the docs,  
> X11 is only necessary if one wants to use a GUI, which I don't want  
> to.
>
> Here <http://imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php#macosx> is  
> clearly says: "Note, the display program requires the X11 server  
> available on your Mac OS X installation DVD", which means everything  
> else can be used from the regular command line, without X11.
>
> The same website contains instructions to set a number of  
> environment variables. These variables can't be set in the OSX  
> terminal. I can use the export command to set a variable, but this  
> variable only works in the current process/shell. It won't work if I  
> use the same variable in a different shell process.
>
> Are the instructions wrong? What do I do to make OSX find IM? What  
> is the right way to install the binaries about installing them?
>
> So far, the binaries are just sitting on my hard disk. I can execute  
> the convert command with the following result:
>
> $ ./convert ~/desktop/picture.gif
> dyld: Library not loaded: /ImageMagick-6.4.1/lib/libMagickCore.1.dylib
>  Referenced from: /Users/Mark/Desktop/ImageMagick-6.4.1/bin/./convert
>  Reason: image not found
> Trace/BPT trap
>
> Apparently, the convert utility can run, but not complete its task.  
> libMagickCore.1.dylib exists and so does picture.gif.
>
> Thanks for any pointers, advice, or references to good docs.

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