how to install imagemagick on Magic ( Xampp)

Question

I was trying to install the imagemagick on the mac, I opened the terminal and ran the following command

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)".

then I checked

brew install imagemagick

brew install php56-imagick

But when I open php info nothing appears about it

I also tried the terminal

php -m

But it also does not appear and restarted apache

Location of the facility: /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles

Using:

• PHP Version 5.6.30
• Mac OSX El Captain

While trying this:

cd /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin
chmod -R 0777 /tmp
./pecl install imagick

WARNING: Configuration download directory "/tmp/Pear/install" is not writeable. Change download_dir config variable to a writeable dir to avoid this Warning WARNING: Channel "pecl.php.net" has updated its protocols, use "pecl Channel-update pecl.php.net" to update downloading Imagick-3.4.3.tgz ... Starting to download Imagick-3.4.3.tgz (245,410 bytes) ...................................................done: 245,410 bytes ERROR: failed to mkdir /tmp/Pear/install/Imagick.

Answer 1

If you have Homebrew, run it in the command console:

Install imagemagick if not installed:

brew install imagemagick

Installing imagemagick DOES NOT include the library for PHP. Therefore, install the PHP-specific library.

brew install php-imagick

Restart Apache and run phpinfo() or, on the console php -m to view the list of loaded modules.

Important

Be aware that the command it contains php-imagick may have another nomenclature, for example, php5-imagick. It depends on how PHP is installed in your environment. A practical way to know the name of the PHP package is by using Brew command itself.

Can do that:

brew list php

Alternatively try this if the previous one does not return results:

brew search php

In the OSX (mac) environment, PHP is usually named in conjunction with the version. Example, if it is version 5.4.anything_, it is likely to be php54. So the command to install the library would look like this:

brew install php54-imagick

Obviously, this is just an example. Before invoking the installation, make sure what the correct name is, then apply it to the installation command.

Alternatively can install directly from sources. But it is a task that requires many details and can generate problems with conflicts between libraries and dependencies. A package manager like Homebrew simplifies this work.

Installing via PEAR/PECL

If the XAMP package has the pecl binary, go to the directory:

cd /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin

Execute:

To install the Imagick:

./pecl install imagick

After that, make sure that php.ini has added the extension correctly. There must be something like this:

extension=imagick.so

If not, add manually. But obviously, the Imagick.so file must exist, otherwise apache might not start.

After that, restart Apache and check on phpinfo() if uploaded to library.

If you still can’t, you can try to install XAMP-independent PEAR/PECL.

> wget http://pear.php.net/go-pear.phar
> php go-pear.phar
> pecl install imagick

From there follow the above instructions, checking Imagick.so in php.ini and restarting Apache.