I need to upgrade my ImageMagick version in order to fix the following issue:
My current version seems to have a bug in some of the features I need.
CentOS version:
CentOS Linux release 7.3.1611
ImageMagick verison:
Version: ImageMagick 6.7.8-9 2016-06-16 Q16 http://www.imagemagick.org
Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2012 ImageMagick Studio LLC
Features: OpenMP
I have enabled the Remi repos in order to install a newer ImageMagick, this is what I get:
yum --showduplicates list ImageMagick6
Available Packages
ImageMagick6.x86_64 6.9.9.33-1.el7.remi remi
ImageMagick6.x86_64 6.9.9.34-1.el7.remi remi
The 6.9 version works for me, but I have the following questions:
- What's the difference between the ImageMagick (Default) and the ImageMagick6 (Remi) package?
- Can I install the ImageMagick6 package in order to upgrade my current ImageMagick installation?
- Is there another option for the upgrade? It's really frustrating that the specific feature I need doesn't work, I would really like to upgrade.
Thanks
Best Answer
Explained in ImageMagick6 and ImageMagick7 blog post
Yes, if nothing requires the old version library.
AFAIK, no (using packages), still possible to build from sources and install in another location.