Ubuntu – Cannot run ‘display’ after ImageMagick install on Ubuntu

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I'm trying to install ImageMagick to my Ubuntu box. I've run the following command:

sudo aptitude install imagemagick

Now whenever I try to run 'display' from the command line, I get an error saying 

display: delegate library support not built-in `' (X11) @ display.c/DisplayImageCommand/1888.

I can certainly include more details if asked, but at the moment I'm not sure what else to include.

I'm running Ubuntu 9.10.

Best Answer

It appears that your installation of ImageMagick does not support this operation. Unfortunately, this capability was not enabled at the time ImageMagick was compiled. If this is a package supplied with the operating system (which is most likely the case), you will need to file a bug report or otherwise let the Ubuntu community know about this problem, so that the package maintainer can fix this problem.

Alternatively, you can build from source; at the configure stage, type the following command:

./configure --with-modules

The --with-modules argument is what enables this feature in ImageMagick. See this ImageMagick forum entry.

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