Installing ImageMagick on a cPanel Server

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Posted by Vanessa | Tagged under howto,scripts,third party | Posted on February 12, 2010

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Some time in earlier 2009 cPanel added a new script to their repository to allow cPanel admins to easily install ImageMagick without the hassle of finding compatible RPMs for newer versions, or dealing with the the various issues surrounding Perl Magick on CentOS 5/RHEL 5 servers.

First, check to see if you have existing RPM versions installed on your system:

rpm -qa |grep -i magick

If any packages show up, remove them with rpm -e . Then to reinstall ImageMagick, run:

/scripts/installimagemagick

This may take a bit of time, but it will fully install a functional copy of ImageMagick as well as Perl Magick. When it’s done, you can run the following commands to test it:

convert -v

…will show you ImageMagick is installed, and to what version:

To test Perl Magick (Image::Magick), run:

/scripts/checkimagemagick

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