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cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000153<p class="navigation-index">[<a href="#unix">Unix Binary Release</a> &bull; <a href="#macosx">Mac OS X Binary Release</a> &bull; <a href="#windows">Windows Binary Release</a>]</p>
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156<p>You can install ImageMagick from <a href="../www/install-source.html">source</a>. However, if don't have a proper development environment or if you're anxious to get started, download a ready-to-run <a href="#unix">Unix</a> or <a href="#windows">Windows</a> executable. Before you download, you may want to review recent <a href="../www/changelog.html">changes</a> to the ImageMagick distribution.</p>
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159<h2><a name="unix"></a>Unix Binary Release</h2>
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162<p>These are the Unix variations that we support. If your system is not on the list, try installing from <a href="../www/install-source.html">source</a>. Although ImageMagick runs fine on a single core computer, it automagically runs in parallel on dual and quad-core systems reducing run times considerably.</p>
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167 <th>Version</th>
168 <th>HTTP</th>
169 <th>FTP</th>
170 <th>Description</th>
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cristyfe0019b2010-06-07 02:23:32 +0000174 <td valign="top">ImageMagick-6.6.2-3.i386.rpm</td>
175 <td valign="top"><a href= "http://www.imagemagick.org/download/linux/CentOS/i386/ImageMagick-6.6.2-3.i386.rpm">download</a></td>
176 <td valign="top"><a href="ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/linux/CentOS/i386/ImageMagick-6.6.2-3.i386.rpm">download</a></td>
cristy0391e8d2010-04-10 01:36:10 +0000177 <td valign="top">CentOS 5.4 i386 RPM</td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000178 </tr>
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cristyfe0019b2010-06-07 02:23:32 +0000181 <td valign="top">ImageMagick-6.6.2-3.x86_64.rpm</td>
182 <td valign="top"><a href= "http://www.imagemagick.org/download/linux/CentOS/x86_64/ImageMagick-6.6.2-3.x86_64.rpm">download</a></td>
183 <td valign="top"><a href="ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/linux/CentOS/x86_64/ImageMagick-6.6.2-3.x86_64.rpm">download</a></td>
cristy0391e8d2010-04-10 01:36:10 +0000184 <td valign="top">CentOS 5.4 x86_64 RPM</td>
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188 <td valign="top">ImageMagick-sparc-sun-solaris2.10.tar.gz</td>
189 <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binaries/ImageMagick-sparc-sun-solaris2.10.tar.gz">download</a></td>
190 <td valign="top"><a href="ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/binaries/ImageMagick-sparc-sun-solaris2.10.tar.gz">download</a></td>
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202 <td valign="top">ImageMagick-i686-pc-mingw32.tar.gz</td>
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209<p>Verify its <a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binaries/digest.rdf">message digest</a>.</p>
210
211<p>ImageMagick RPM's are self-installing. Simply type the following command and you're ready to start using ImageMagick:</p>
212
cristyfe0019b2010-06-07 02:23:32 +0000213<p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>rpm -Uvh ImageMagick-6.6.2-3.i386.rpm</span></p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000214<p>For other systems, create (or choose) a directory to install the package into and change to that directory, for example:</p>
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216<p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>cd $HOME</span></p>
217<p>Next, extract the contents of the package. For example:</p>
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219<p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>tar xvfz ImageMagick.tar.gz</span></p>
220<p>Set the <kbd>MAGICK_HOME</kbd> environment variable to the path where you extracted the ImageMagick files. For example:</p>
221
cristyc4960862010-05-23 22:24:24 +0000222<p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>export MAGICK_HOME="$HOME/ImageMagick-6.6.2"</span></p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000223<p>If the <kbd>bin</kbd> subdirectory of the extracted package is not already in your executable search path, add it to your <kbd>PATH</kbd> environment variable. For example:</p>
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225<p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>export PATH="$MAGICK_HOME/bin:$PATH"</span></p>
226
227<p>On Linux and Solaris machines add <kbd>$MAGICK_HOME/lib</kbd> to the <kbd>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</kbd> environment variable:</p>
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229<p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:}$MAGICK_HOME/lib"</span><span class='crtout'></span><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>export LD_LIBRARY_PATH</span></p>
230<p>Finally, to verify ImageMagick is working properly, type the following on the command line:</p>
231
232<p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>convert logo: logo.gif</span><span class='crtout'></span><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>identify logo.gif</span><span class='crtout'></span><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>display logo.gif</span></p>
233<p>Congratulations, you have a working ImageMagick distribution under Unix or Linux and you are ready to use ImageMagick to <a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/">convert, compose, or edit</a> your images or perhaps you'll want to use one of the <a href="../www/api.html">Application Program Interfaces</a> for C, C++, Perl, and others.</p>
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237<h2><a name="macosx"></a>Mac OS X Binary Release</h2>
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cristye7f8fdd2009-09-20 14:43:12 +0000240<p>We recommend <a href="http://www.macports.org">MacPorts</a> which custom builds ImageMagick in your environment. Download MacPorts and type:</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000241
242<p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>sudo port install ImageMagick</span></p>
cristye7f8fdd2009-09-20 14:43:12 +0000243<p>The <kbd>port</kbd> command downloads ImageMagick and many of its delegate libraries (e.g. JPEG, PNG, Freetype, etc.) and configures, builds, and installs ImageMagick automagically. Alternatively, you can download the ImageMagick Mac OS X distribution we provide:</p>
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cristy76e378e2009-12-21 18:20:04 +0000255 <td valign="top">ImageMagick-x86_64-apple-darwin10.2.0.tar.gz</td>
256 <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binaries/ImageMagick-x86_64-apple-darwin10.2.0.tar.gz">download</a></td>
257 <td valign="top"><a href="ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/binaries/ImageMagick-x86_64-apple-darwin10.2.0.tar.gz">download</a></td>
cristye7f8fdd2009-09-20 14:43:12 +0000258 <td valign="top">Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6 (Intel)</td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000259 </tr>
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262<p>Verify its <a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binaries/digest.rdf">message digest</a>.</p>
263
264<p>Create (or choose) a directory to install the package into and change to that directory, for example:</p>
265
266<p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>cd $HOME</span></p>
267<p>Next, extract the contents of the package. For example:</p>
268
cristy76e378e2009-12-21 18:20:04 +0000269<p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>tar xvfz ImageMagick-x86_64-apple-darwin10.2.0.tar.gz</span></p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000270<p>Set the <kbd>MAGICK_HOME</kbd> environment variable to the path where you extracted the ImageMagick files. For example:</p>
271
cristyc4960862010-05-23 22:24:24 +0000272<p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>export MAGICK_HOME="$HOME/ImageMagick-6.6.2"</span></p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000273<p>If the <kbd>bin</kbd> subdirectory of the extracted package is not already in your executable search path, add it to your <kbd>PATH</kbd> environment variable. For example:</p>
274
275<p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>export PATH="$MAGICK_HOME/bin:$PATH"</span></p>
276
277<p>Set the <kbd>DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH</kbd> environment variable:</p>
278
279<p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="$MAGICK_HOME/lib"</span></p>
280<p>Finally, to verify ImageMagick is working properly, type the following on the command line:</p>
281
282<p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>convert logo: logo.gif</span><span class='crtout'></span><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>identify logo.gif</span><span class='crtout'></span><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>display logo.gif</span></p>
283<p>Note, the <a href="../www/display.html">display</a> program requires the X11 server available on your Mac OS X installation DVD.</p>
284
285<p>Congratulations, you have a working ImageMagick distribution under Mac OS X and you are ready to use ImageMagick to <a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/">convert, compose, or edit</a> your images or perhaps you'll want to use one of the <a href="../www/api.html">Application Program Interfaces</a> for C, C++, Perl, and others.</p>
286
287</div>
288
289<h2><a name="windows"></a>Windows Binary Release</h2>
290<div class="doc-section">
291
292<p>ImageMagick runs on all recent Windows releases except Windows 95 / 98. We recommend its use on an NT-based version of Windows (NT4, 2000, 2003, XP, or Vista). Starting with ImageMagick 5.5.7, older versions such as Windows 95 / 98 are not supported anymore. The amount of memory can be an important factor, especially if you intend to work on large images. A minimum of 256 MB of RAM is recommended, but the more RAM the better. Although ImageMagick runs fine on a single core computer, it automagically runs in parallel on dual and quad-core systems reducing run times considerably.</p>
293
294<p>The Windows version of ImageMagick is self-installing. Simply click on the appropriate version below and it will launch itself and ask you a few installation questions. Versions with <em>Q8</em> in the name are 8 bits-per-pixel component (e.g. 8-bit red, 8-bit green, etc.), whereas, <em>Q16</em> in the filename are 16 bits-per-pixel component. A Q16 version permits you to read or write 16-bit images without losing precision but requires twice as much resources as the Q8 version. Versions with <em>dll</em> in the filename include ImageMagick libraries as <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/dll">dynamic link libraries</a>. If you are not sure which version is appropriate, choose
cristyfe0019b2010-06-07 02:23:32 +0000295<a href='http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binaries/ImageMagick-6.6.2-3-Q16-windows-dll.exe'>ImageMagick-6.6.2-3-Q16-windows-dll.exe</a>.</p>
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297<table class="doc">
298 <col width="50%"/> <col width="10%"/> <col width="10%"/> <col width="30%"/>
299 <tr>
300 <th>Version</th>
301 <th>HTTP</th>
302 <th>FTP</th>
303 <th>Description</th>
304 </tr>
305
306 <tr>
cristyfe0019b2010-06-07 02:23:32 +0000307 <td valign="top">ImageMagick-6.6.2-3-Q16-windows-dll.exe</td>
308 <td valign="top"><a href= "http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binaries/ImageMagick-6.6.2-3-Q16-windows-dll.exe">download</a></td>
309 <td valign="top"><a href="ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/binaries/ImageMagick-6.6.2-3-Q16-windows-dll.exe">download</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000310 <td valign="top">Win32 dynamic at 16 bits-per-pixel</td>
311 </tr>
312
313 <tr>
cristyfe0019b2010-06-07 02:23:32 +0000314 <td valign="top">ImageMagick-6.6.2-3-Q16-windows-static.exe</td>
315 <td valign="top"><a href= "http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binaries/ImageMagick-6.6.2-3-Q16-windows-static.exe">download</a></td>
316 <td valign="top"><a href="ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/binaries/ImageMagick-6.6.2-3-Q16-windows-static.exe">download</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000317 <td valign="top">Win32 static at 16 bits-per-pixel</td>
318 </tr>
319
320 <tr>
cristyfe0019b2010-06-07 02:23:32 +0000321 <td valign="top">ImageMagick-6.6.2-3-Q16-windows-x64-dll.exe</td>
322 <td valign="top"><a href= "http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binaries/ImageMagick-6.6.2-3-Q16-windows-x64-dll.exe">download</a></td>
323 <td valign="top"><a href="ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/binaries/ImageMagick-6.6.2-3-Q16-windows-x64-dll.exe">download</a></td>
cristy83a272e2010-05-07 20:40:35 +0000324 <td valign="top">x64 dynamic at 16 bits-per-pixel</td>
325 </tr>
326
327 <tr>
cristyfe0019b2010-06-07 02:23:32 +0000328 <td valign="top">ImageMagick-6.6.2-3-Q16-windows-x64-static.exe</td>
329 <td valign="top"><a href= "http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binaries/ImageMagick-6.6.2-3-Q16-windows-x64-static.exe">download</a></td>
330 <td valign="top"><a href="ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/binaries/ImageMagick-6.6.2-3-Q16-windows-x64-static.exe">download</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000331 <td valign="top">x64 static at 16 bits-per-pixel</td>
332 </tr>
333
334 <tr>
cristyfe0019b2010-06-07 02:23:32 +0000335 <td valign="top">ImageMagick-6.6.2-3-Q8-windows-dll.exe</td>
336 <td valign="top"><a href= "http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binaries/ImageMagick-6.6.2-3-Q8-windows-dll.exe">download</a></td>
337 <td valign="top"><a href="ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/binaries/ImageMagick-6.6.2-3-Q8-windows-dll.exe">download</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000338 <td valign="top">Win32 dynamic at 8 bits-per-pixel</td>
339 </tr>
340
341 <tr>
cristyfe0019b2010-06-07 02:23:32 +0000342 <td valign="top">ImageMagick-6.6.2-3-Q8-windows-static.exe</td>
343 <td valign="top"><a href= "http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binaries/ImageMagick-6.6.2-3-Q8-windows-static.exe">download</a></td>
344 <td valign="top"><a href="ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/binaries/ImageMagick-6.6.2-3-Q8-windows-static.exe">download</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000345 <td valign="top">Win32 static at 8 bits-per-pixel</td>
346 </tr>
347
348 <tr>
cristyc4960862010-05-23 22:24:24 +0000349 <td valign="top">ImageMagick-6.6.2-Q16-windows.zip</td>
350 <td valign="top"><a href= "http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binaries/ImageMagick-6.6.2-Q16-windows.zip">download</a></td>
351 <td valign="top"><a href="ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/binaries/ImageMagick-6.6.2-Q16-windows.zip">download</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000352 <td valign="top">Portable Win32 static at 16 bits-per-pixel. This distribution does not include an installer and is most useful if you want to include ImageMagick in your own application distribution</td>
353 </tr>
354</table>
355
356<p>Verify its <a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binaries/digest.rdf">message digest</a>.</p>
357
358<p>To verify ImageMagick is working properly, type the following in an MS-DOS Command Prompt window:</p>
359
360<p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>convert logo: logo.gif</span><span class='crtout'></span><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>identify logo.gif</span><span class='crtout'></span><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>imdisplay logo.gif</span></p>
361<p>If you have any problems, install the <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7-A40D-3802B2AF5FC2">Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86)</a> or <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=BA9257CA-337F-4B40-8C14-157CFDFFEE4E">Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x64)</a>. 64-bit Windows requires both packages (x86 &amp; x64).</p>
362
363<p>Congratulations, you have a working ImageMagick distribution under Windows and you are ready to use ImageMagick to <a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/">convert, compose, or edit</a> your images or perhaps you'll want to use one of the <a href="../www/api.html">Application Program Interfaces</a> for C, C++, Perl, and others.</p>
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