[magick-users] Updating ImageMagick version on Centos5

[Noel da Costa]

Hi Anthony,

Thanks for your reply below. I'm finally getting around to trying it  
out. I have a few questions though (below)...


On 6 Mar 2009, at 03:05, Anthony Thyssen wrote:
> Multiple versions do work...
>
> I configure IM with a --prefix  specifying the install directory.
>
> For example...
>   ./configure --prefix=$HOME/apps/im \
>       --with-magick-plus-plus=no --with-perl=no \
>       --disable-static --with-modules \
>       ;
>
> After building and installing you modify
>   PATH  and   LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> to use the appropriate sub-directory for the version wanted
> BEFORE anything else,  and then that is the version you will
> use.


1. PATH is presumably the shell variable $PATH ?
2. What is LD_LIBRARY_PATH and how do I set it?
3. Will this be doable using your method outlined here: http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/api/#building 
  ?


Thanks,

Noel da Costa
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