Re: [Xastir] Maps and ImageMagick The end?

2007-02-07 Thread Norm, VK3XCI
Rick Green wrote: some snipped... Also sounds like the maintainer of the Ubuntu .deb package could add a dependency that would force install of one of those packages when installing xastir. Mea Culpa It is listed as a "should have" but not as a "must have". so in my haste I blithely ig

Re: [Xastir] Maps and ImageMagick

2007-02-06 Thread Curt Mills
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Richard, N6NKO wrote: > In ImageMagick, the command is: "display ..." > In GraphicsMagick, the command is "gm display ..." > > So if there is going to be dependency checking and compensation, then there > will have to be two separate command lines with which one being called b

Re: [Xastir] Maps and ImageMagick

2007-02-06 Thread Richard, N6NKO
There is a minor issue here... In ImageMagick, the command is: "display ..." In GraphicsMagick, the command is "gm display ..." So if there is going to be dependency checking and compensation, then there will have to be two separate command lines with which one being called based which package

Re: [Xastir] Maps and ImageMagick

2007-02-06 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Feb 6, 2007, at 1:55 AM, Norm, VK3XCI wrote: I'm a noob, be gentle! A Question for the cognoscenti. (The only dumb question is one you don't ask!) The solution to inf2geo.pl not running was the missing "identify" routine/program (from ImageMagick) I downloaded and installed said Im

Re: [Xastir] Maps and ImageMagick

2007-02-06 Thread Rick Green
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Curt, WE7U wrote: On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Curt, WE7U wrote: I'll look into having the script check for both the ImageMagick and the GraphicsMagick binaries before dying, and if neither found, output a proper error message that tells you to install one or the other packages. D

Re: [Xastir] Maps and ImageMagick

2007-02-06 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Curt, WE7U wrote: > I'll look into having the script check for both the ImageMagick and > the GraphicsMagick binaries before dying, and if neither found, > output a proper error message that tells you to install one or the > other packages. Done. Works with either one and giv

Re: [Xastir] Maps and ImageMagick

2007-02-06 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Norm, VK3XCI wrote: > The solution to inf2geo.pl not running was the missing "identify" > routine/program (from ImageMagick) > > I downloaded and installed said ImageMagic and now all is well! > > the question is... did I need the whole package, or could the the > routine have

Re: [Xastir] Maps and ImageMagick

2007-02-06 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Richard Polivka wrote: > I am not exactly sure of where the package is used in > the processes but either one should work. You are correct as far as Xastir proper is concerned, but as far as the scripts, nope. He was asking about the inf2geo.pl script, which I forgot about wh

Re: [Xastir] Maps and ImageMagick

2007-02-06 Thread Richard Polivka
Norm, Greetings from the cold north side (-7 deg F). There are two competing/forked packages: ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick. Both packages are meant to be stand-alone, command line "Swiss Army Knife" type of programs for manipulating/massaging/mangling picture files. GraphicsMagick may not do as

Re: [Xastir] Maps and ImageMagick

2007-02-06 Thread Richard Polivka
Norm, Greetings from the cold north side (-7 deg F). There are two competing/forked packages: ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick. Both packages are meant to be stand-alone, command line "Swiss Army Knife" type of programs for manipulating/massaging/mangling picture files. GraphicsMagick may not do as

[Xastir] Maps and ImageMagick

2007-02-06 Thread Norm, VK3XCI
I'm a noob, be gentle! A Question for the cognoscenti. (The only dumb question is one you don't ask!) The solution to inf2geo.pl not running was the missing "identify" routine/program (from ImageMagick) I downloaded and installed said ImageMagic and now all is well! the question is... did