Re: ImageMagick-6.5.7-3 upgrade

On Nov 17, 2009, at 02:09, pradip devan wrote:

> Currently we are using ImageMagick-5.5.7 on Solaris, and we would like to
> upgrade with latest release.
> I have downloaded the ImageMagick-6.5.7-3.tar.gz and tried to build this
> code with our code, but as there is no readymade code to build i am unable
> to build ImageMagick code with our code.
> =

> =

> As per my knowledge, to build Imagemagick code, Makefile.am should convert
> into Makefile. So i have tried the follows following suggested steps in
> installation guide.
> =

> 1) run configure script
> 2) make
> 3) make install
> =

> My observations are:
> First step has done successfully.
> Second step is taking much time to compile ImageMagick code.
> During this step, I have come across following warning many times.
>  =93magick/deprecate.h:141: warning: `deprecated' attribute directive
> ignored=94
> After configure script run, only top level Makefile.am has converted into
> Makefile, and not from sub folder.

I don't pay enough attention to the build process to know if that is normal=
 or not.


> So, I have two questions here:
> 1. Could somebody please help me to resolve the errors above?.

I don't know about those warnings. I suggest you ignore them. Do you get an=
y errors (where it says "error:" and not "warning:")?


> 2. Is there a direct way/option for getting the libs instead of building
> the ImageMagick code in our setup ana generating them?

A Solaris binary is listed here:

http://www.imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php

I don't know what version it is but it was modified October 2008 so it's no=
t the latest, but is hopefully newer than the 5.5.7 you have.