Re: Help using GM with CMake

On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 4:09 PM Bob Friesenhahn <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
> GraphicsMagick is not built using CMake, so perhaps that makes a
> difference for finding a package.


Well, that’s settled once and for all. If you dare to search, there are
quite a few bizarre and Byzantine attempts to make it work. From
experience: they don’t.

>

> Dependending on how Suse packages work, you may or may not need to
> install development versions of the packages in order to do software
> development with them.


openSUSE does have a -devel package, which I’ve installed.

>
> Hopefully your almost 24 hours has included reading the Magick++
> documentation at "http://www.graphicsmagick.org/Magick++/index.html".
>

I’ve read it, albeit briefly. I will get some fresh caffeine and study it
some more.

>
> You are at the cusp of success.  Get your example building manually
> before worrying about CMake and your larger project.


Thanks for the moral support. I will follow any advice that comes straight
from the project maintainer. It’s one of the genuine pleasures of being in
the open source community.

-Scott

>

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