Section M.5 Installing ImageMagick
Visit the
imagemagick.org/script/download.php#windows
and grab a binary. If you have a 64-bit Windows installation (Subsection M.1.4), use the recommended version. If you have a 32-bit installation, find the version whose filename is obtained from that of the recommended version by substituting x86
for x64
. For example, if the recommended version’s filename is:ImageMagick-7.0.1-6-Q16-x64-dll.exe
then a good choice for a 32-bit Windows would be
ImageMagick-7.0.1-6-Q16-x86-dll.exe
- Run the installer from your download location.
- Accept the license agreement.
- Choose a default installation location that has no spaces in its folder name. The default choice “Program Files” causes problems because of path name issues. I chose
c:\ImageMagick-7.0.1-Q16\
It matters because the ImageMagick utilityconvert
is used by thepretext
script to convert your images into different formats. Thepretext
script will have a lot of trouble with path names that contain spaces. - When confronted with “Select additional tasks”, make sure that the boxes for “Add application directory to your system path” and “Install legacy utilities” are checked.
- If you like, carry out the procedure to verify your installation.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed ImageMagick.