Re: imread on Octave 3.2.0 for Windows

[Benjamin Lindner]

Benjamin Lindner wrote:
> kavermeer wrote:
> > kavermeer wrote:
> > > At work, I installed Octave 3.2.0 for Windows today, and tried to read
> > > an image with imread. Unfortunately, I got some error saying that
> > > magick.mgk (or magic.mgk?) was missing. Should I install GraphicsMagick
> > > separately? Or is this supposed to be part of the Octave installer? The
> > > readme says something about imread requiring the GraphicsMagick library,
> > > but nothing about whether it is part of Octave or not.
> > Time for a better report. After installing Octave 3.2.0, I try imread, and I
> > get the following in the Octave window:
> >
> > octave-3.2.0.exe:1:C:\Octave\3.2.0_gcc-4.3.0\bin
> > > i=imread('c:\testbin.bmp');
> > error: imread: invalid image file: Magick++ exception: Magick: Unable to
> > access configuration file (magic.mgk) reported by
> > d:/files/admin/octaveforge_svn/trunk/octave-forge/admin/Windows/mingw32/graphicsmagick/GraphicsMagick-1.3.3/magick/blob.c:1824
> > (GetConfigureBlob)
> > error: called from:
> > error:   C:\Octave\3.2.0_gcc-4.3.0\share\octave\3.2.0\m\image\imread.m at
> > line 74, column 7
> > octave-3.2.0.exe:1:C:\Octave\3.2.0_gcc-4.3.0\bin
> >
> > I installed GraphicsMagick (1.3.5, Q16), but still get the same error. I
> > appreciate any help!
>
> I can confirm this error.
> I'll look into it.

It's a packaging error on my side. I missed to install the configuration 
files. Plus graphicsmagick must be slightly patched to look at the right 
paths to find them.

It will be fixed in the 3.2.1 release.

benjamin