ImageMagick is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images. It can read, convert and write images in a variety of formats.  The functionality of ImageMagick is typically utilized from the command-line or you can use the features from programs written in your favorite programming language.  The steps below will show you how to install the command-line version.

1. Log into your (dv) 3.5 Dedicated-Virtual Server as root using via ssh:
   

    ssh root@mt-example.com

2. Once logged in you will need to install python-iniparse, an INI parser for the Python language:
   

   rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-iniparse-0.2.3-4.el5.noarch.rpm

3. Install YUM, the package management system for the CentOS 5 operating system: 
4. Now you can install ImageMagick using yum.  You will be asked to install other dependencies as well.  Just type 'y' at this point:
   

   yum install ImageMagick
   

5. Verify that ImageMagick is installed:
   

   NOTE:

   The actual command for ImageMagick is convert.

   convert -version
    Version: ImageMagick 6.2.8 04/17/08 Q16 file:/usr/share/ImageMagick-6.2.8/doc/index.html
   Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2006 ImageMagick Studio LLC

Congratulations. You now have ImageMagick installed on your (dv) server.

Revisions:

02-26-2009: Added link to the yum KB
02-19-2009: Article Creation