This does not quite catch everything so activate the Source repositories by clicking on 'Souce Code' here: Dash > Software & Updates > Source CodeĪnd then running the following: sudo apt-get build-dep imagemagickĬreate a build folder and change to it: mkdir $HOME/imagemagick_build & cd $HOME/imagemagick_buildĪnd finally download, extract, compile and install by simply copying and pasting the entire code box below into a Terminal window: wget & \ Libx11-dev libxext-dev zlib1g-dev libpng12-dev \ You are making things a little too hard for yourself, here is a quick and dirty guide that ran well for me on Trusty Tahr:įirst pick up a few known dependencies: sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall \ var/lib/dpkg/info/libpng12-0:amd64.shlibs var/lib/dpkg/info/libpng12-0:amd64.postrm var/lib/dpkg/info/libpng12-0:amd64.postinst usr/share/doc/libpng12-dev/examples/pngtest.png usr/share/doc/libpng12-dev/examples/pngtest.c.gz usr/share/doc/libpng12-dev/examples/example.c.gz usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/libpng12.pc usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/libpng.pc (I think I am using the correct LDFLAGS, but not sure) libpng16-config libpng16-config locate libpng configure -enable-shared=yes -with-png=yes LDFLAGS='-L/usr/local/lib' LIBS=-lpng16 no' and -with-png value has 'no' (even though I configure it with -with-png=yes ). Now when I try and recompile imagemagick, it still says ' Checking for PNG. Ran configure, make, make install (no error messages) Issue I am getting is 'no delegate for format PNG found' when doing a convert command.Įxtracted the into its own folder, then: configure -enable-shared -with-png=yesĪfter installation however, I have zero items in my built-in list of delegates: identify -versionĬopyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2016 ImageMagick Studio LLC License:
I've downloaded the latest imagemagick source and installed, using option below to configure.