Introduction
After 2 hours of looking for help from different documentation & sites, I found out none of them are complete solution. So, I summary my instruction here:
1) yum install php-devel
2) cd /usr
3) wget http://pear.php.net/go-pear
4) php go-pear
5) See the following line in /etc/php.ini [include_path=".:/usr/PEAR"]
6) pecl install imagick
7) Add the following line in /etc/php.ini [extension=imagick.so]
8) service httpd restart
Hopefully, I can save other engineer effort & time.... Good luck!
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User Contributed NotesInstalling/Configuring
William Sze
06-Aug-2009 05:47
06-Aug-2009 05:47
acliyanarachchi at gmail dot com
12-Mar-2009 10:11
12-Mar-2009 10:11
If you have used lampp first copy imagick.so from /usr/lib/php5/20060613+lfs/imagick.so path and paste it to php lib.(/opt/lampp/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613)
Then edit your php.ini and add extension=imagick.so
ynzhang from lakeheadu canada
16-Feb-2009 11:57
16-Feb-2009 11:57
imagick 2.2.2 might have a problem loading in PHP 5.3 by giving following error at start-up:
PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '.../imagick.so' - .../imagick.so: undefined symbol: XStringListToTextProperty in Unknown on line 0
in this case, revert to PHP 5.2.8 and imagick-2.2.0 will work just fine.
nonproffessional at clockworkgeek dot com
15-Oct-2008 08:09
15-Oct-2008 08:09
I too had the error "Please provide a path to MagickWand-config or Wand-config program." when installing on linux (in this case CentOS aka Red Hat).
The simple solution was to ensure "ImageMagick-devel" and NOT "ImageMagick" package was in place. Next comes the standard command:
pecl install imagick
Lastly, and as per the otherwise flawless instructions, edit php.ini to include:
extension=imagick.so
marcel dot ouellette at gmail dot com
02-Sep-2008 03:38
02-Sep-2008 03:38
For anyone attempting to install the binaries on windows xp, don't waste your time. You'll need to install this on windows 2003 Server (and up) or Windows Vista since there are dependences (msvcr80.dll) that will require it.
colnector is from domain colnect.com
13-Jul-2008 10:10
13-Jul-2008 10:10
Windows installation is a bit more tricky since "pecl install imagick" does NOT work properly.
Here's how I installed it:
1/ Install ImageMagick software http://www.imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php#windows
2/ Download pecl-5.2-dev.zip (choose the version relevant to your PHP) from http://snaps.php.net/
3/ Copy php_imagick.dll from the archive you've downloaded to your PHP extention folder.
4/ Add the following line to php.ini (in the exntentions section):
extension=php_imagick.dll
5/ Restart your server
6/ Try the example script to see all went well
Good luck :)
james dot ellis at gmail dot com
08-Jun-2008 11:21
08-Jun-2008 11:21
To install the latest Imagick from PECL on an Ubuntu variant system, assuming your already have PHP5 and Apache2 installed, do the following.
You need your root password, have sudo privileges and be able to run commands from a shell (e.g via Konsole)
1. $ sudo aptitude install php-pear imagemagick php5-dev libmagick9-dev
2. do *not* install php5-imagick as you will install a later version from PECL
3. libmagick9-dev may install a whole load of dependencies. This package provides the Wand-config program and avoids the error on pecl install "configure: error: not found. Please provide a path to MagickWand-config or Wand-config program."
4. $ sudo pecl install Imagick
5. Hit enter to autodetect the "Imagemagick installation" prefix
You should see some compilation messages, noting any errors that stop the Imagick build.
When completed successfully, the following console message should appear
Build process completed successfully
Installing '/usr/lib/php5/20060613+lfs/imagick.so'
install ok: channel://pecl.php.net/imagick-2.2.0b2
Now for loading it when the web server starts/restarts
6. $ sudo kate /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/imagick.ini
7. enter extension=imagick.so and save
8. $ sudo apache2ctl configtest
9. $ sudo apache2ctl restart
Notes:
* You can use any apt client e.g apt-get to install packages
* If you want beta Imagick then:
$ sudo pear config-set preferred_state beta
* You can now upgrade Imagick as new versions are made available in PECL the same way PEAR updates are handled.
Hope this helps some of you...