Re: imread() fails to find __magick_read__

[Martin Helm]

Am Mittwoch, den 05.01.2011, 22:05 +0100 schrieb Enno Fennema:
> I am new to octave and installed from SuSE 11.3 x86_64. Ordinary things
> including plotting using gnuplot work fine. I want to process images
> but the statement :
> 
> I = imread ("image24.png");
> 
> produces
> 
> error: imread: invalid image file: __magick_read__: not available in
>     this version of Octave
> error: called from:
> error:   /usr/share/octave/3.2.4/m/image/imread.m at line 74, column 7
> 
> I have no idea what file/library would contain __magick_read__. The
> manual implies I need GraphicsMagick.
> 
> I installed /usr/lib64/GraphicsMagick-1.3.12 but that doesn't solve the
> problem.
> 
> Any help appreciated.
> Enno

You need to recompile octave, the suse package is built without magick
support. I am now not in front of my opensuse machine, if you have some
patience I will send the details how you recompile the rpm from the
source rpm package (it is easy but time consuming).