Re: Image package

[Robert Fong-tom]

On Dec 4, 2008, at 3:11 AM, Thomas Treichl wrote:

> Robert Fong-tom schrieb:
> > On Dec 3, 2008, at 4:23 PM, Thomas Treichl wrote:
> > > Søren Hauberg schrieb:
> > > > ons, 03 12 2008 kl. 12:57 -0500, skrev Robert Fong-tom:
> > > > > On Dec 3, 2008, at 2:57 AM, Søren Hauberg wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > tir, 02 12 2008 kl. 21:03 -0500, skrev Robert Fong-tom:
> > > > > > > Yes I see the headers. In MacPorts they appear to be in /opt/ 
> > > > > > > local/
> > > > > > > include/ImageMagick. There are also a ton of other files in the
> > > > > > > "include" directory which may be the includes for the  
> > > > > > > dependencies.
> > > > > > So, what does the following commands print if you run the from  
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > terminal
> > > > > >
> > > > > >   Magick++-config --cppflags
> > > > > I get the following:   -I/opt/local/include/ImageMagick
> > > > > >   Magick++-config --ldflags
> > > > > I get the following:   -L/opt/local/lib -L/opt/local/lib -L/usr/ 
> > > > > X11R6/ lib -L/opt/local/lib -lfreetype -lz -Wl,- 
> > > > > framework,CoreServices -Wl,- framework,ApplicationServices -L/ 
> > > > > opt/local/lib
> > > > > > ? Also try to run the from Octave using the 'system' command,  
> > > > > > i.e.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >   system ("Magick++-config --cppflags")
> > > > > I get the following:   -I/Applications/Octave.app/Contents/ 
> > > > > Resources/ include/ImageMagick
> > > > > ans = 0
> > > > > >   system ("Magick++-config --ldflags")
> > > > > I get:   -L/Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/lib -L/ 
> > > > > usr/ X11R6/lib
> > > > > ans = 0
> > > > Okay, I'm confused. When you run 'Magick++-config --cppflags'  
> > > > from the
> > > > terminal you get the right path to the header files, but when  
> > > > you run
> > > > the command from within Octave, you get the wrong path to the  
> > > > header
> > > > files. Is that right? If so, then I guess this means you have to  
> > > > set
> > > > some environment variable before starting Octave. I don't even  
> > > > know how
> > > > to start Octave on a Mac, so I doubt I'll be able to help you.  
> > > > Perhaps
> > > > we have some Mac-experts on the list, that are able to say  
> > > > something
> > > > smart?
> > > > Søren
> > >
> > > There must be installed two different versions of ImageMagick in  
> > > two different locations. Otherwise the system command shouldn't  
> > > produce a different result. The first one is in /opt/local/bin  
> > > that comes with MacPorts, please check from Terminal.app
> > >
> > >   ~$ which Magick++-config
> >  I get  : /opt/local/bin/Magick++-config
> > >   ~$ Magick++-config --version
> >  I get: 6.4.6 Q16
> > > The other one must have been installed manually because I  
> > > currently don't pack ImageMagick/GraphicsMagick into the stable  
> > > Octave.app 3.0.x versions. And the return argument of the system  
> > > command from above is strange. Please check in Octave.app
> > >
> > >   octave-3.0.3> system ("which Magick++-config")
> > I get: /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/Magick++- 
> > config
> > ans = 0
> > >   octave-3.0.3> system ("Magick++-config --version")
> > I get: 6.4.6 Q16
> > ans = 0
> > > What I've found out some time ago is that the sources of  
> > > ImageMagick have been changed from 5.x.x to 6.x.x. I am not able  
> > > to find out which version of ImageMagick should be used to  
> > > correctly install the Octave-Forge package image-1.0.8.tar.gz.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > >   Thomas
> > You are right about there being two version. Before using MacPorts  
> > to port ImageMagick, I made the mistake of installing it manually  
> > from the ImageMagick ftp site using the UNIX installation  
> > instructions. This did not work with Octave, so I renamed all the  
> > ImageMagick directories/files I could find (but did not delete  
> > them just in case). I guess there must be some statement in the  
> > Octave set-up that is incorrect. Do you know how to fix this?
>
> I think I don't know exactly what you mean here, but if you need a  
> fresh unmodified Octave.app without a 'Magick++-config' program in
>
>   /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/Magick++-config
>
> then why not just moving Octave.app into trash and then install it  
> again?
Hmmmmm .... this would be the easiest (and obvious?) thing to do  
wouldn't it?? :)
> Regards,
>
>   Thomas

Thanks for all your help. The answer was so obvious that I am  
embarrassed to have brought it up in this forum. However i did learn  
a lot from this discussion.

Regards,
Bob