Can't Get ImageMagick to work.

[BigJohnny]

My host has image magick installed, and Ive entered the path as many different ways as I can, but it just won't seem to work on my board.

Am I doing something wrong or missing something? I've had it working before on a different host, just doesn't seem to want to work with my current host.

[Dismounted]

There is only one path to ImageMagick...What has your host said the path is?

[BigJohnny]

/usr/local/bin/convert/

I have tried also
/usr/local/bin/
/usr/bin/

and still the image magick picture doesn't show up.... I'm not sure why?!

[Dismounted]

If you host says it is /usr/local/bin/convert/ and it does not work - you will need to consult them. We cannot really help you with a server-specific path.

[BigJohnny]

I am in contact with them, I was asking here because I was wondering if anyone else had the same problem before, or maybe I did something wrong or missed something.

I don't want to use GD, but its starting to look like i might have to.

[jfk1]

u might ask, have they got ALL the modules installed.... in other words, does their install support all graphic formats..... jpg, png, gif etc...
i had a nightmare installing ImageMagick on the server, (linux), even with a lot of help and support from the ImageMagick crew... got there in the end.....
i haven't got a clue how to actually use ImageMagick, i installed for a pal, however it is interesting that u need specify a path... with the correct install, i believe u need only call the module, something like "use Image::Magick" (dont quote me on this, it was for perl scripts, not PHP)

[BigJohnny]

well vbulletin only has one input box for a path.

So if the convert binaries are located in /usr/bin/convert/ wouldn't the identify binaries be in /usr/bin/identify/, which would mean the path to use in vbulletin would be /usr/bin/ ...

correct? .... maybe?

[Videx]

I couldn't get mine to work at first either. But after opening a ticket, eventually my host got it working. I forget the exact reason they gave me.

[RedWingFan]

Originally Posted by BigJohnny

/usr/local/bin/convert/

I have tried also
/usr/local/bin/
/usr/bin/

and still the image magick picture doesn't show up.... I'm not sure why?!

Originally Posted by Dismounted

If you host says it is /usr/local/bin/convert/ and it does not work - you will need to consult them. We cannot really help you with a server-specific path.

If you type "which convert" at a shell prompt, it should return the complete path to the convert utility. On my dedicated server, it comes out as:

/usr/local/bin/convert

...which means in vB, I enter "/usr/local/bin/" (with the trailing slash) to point to the directory in which convert and identify reside. Works fine on our server.

You do NOT want to use a backslash after ......./convert, since you'll have vB looking for a directory named "convert". You have to think of convert as being the filename of the "program" you are running, whereas everything preceding it (in my case, the /usr/local/bin/) being the directory hierarchy in which it is found.

[BigJohnny]

This is the email I got from my host most recently.... it still doesnt work though.

I dont have access to a shell prompt on my host

Howdy,

The convert binary is located at the following path:

[root@cp ~]# which convert
/usr/bin/convert
[root@cp ~]#

If you have any questions concerning this, please let me know!