ImageMagick detection

You don't need root access. "which convert" works on my shared host who's running FreeBSD. Are you running Linux (what distro?), Mac, FreeBSD, xxxBDS, Solaris or something else?

Also, you shouldn't have had to edit that file, you should be able to set the path under Admin > Settings > Advanced settings

If that setting doesn't work, then I don't believe you're using the latest experimental code.
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For Gallery 3.0 it's slightly different:

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< $path = exec("which convert");
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> if ( module::get_var("gallery", "graphics_toolkit_path") ) {
> $path = module::get_var("gallery", "graphics_toolkit_path")."/convert";
> } else {
> $path = exec("which convert");
> }
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< $path = exec("which gm");
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> if ( module::get_var("gallery", "graphics_toolkit_path") ) {
> $path = module::get_var("gallery", "graphics_toolkit_path")."/gm";
> } else {
> $path = exec("which gm");
> }

No, you are wrong.
ImageMagic is installed at /usr/bin and works fine with Gallery2 and with my change in graphics.php
(GrapicsMagic isn't selectable in Admin > Settings > Graphics: PHP's open_basedir restriction prevents Gallery from using it.).

The problem is, that exec("which convert") always returns an empty string.
Since exec("ls -la") also returns an empty string I'm sure, that my provider has "secured" the server.

Why does graphics.php searches for convert if the user has set graphics_toolkit_path? If convert is in the PATH (and the which command works) the user wouldn't touch graphics_toolkit_path. If it doesn't the users setting from Admin > Settings > Advanced settings is used.

Carsten

No, exec itself works fine. exec("convert -v"); correctly return the version.
It looks as if they have redirected any linux command, that may be used to examine the server, to a stub.
As you can see in my code I haven't hardcoded the path, but make use of Gallery's variable graphics_toolkit_path.
Carsten

Since simply using Gallerys variable graphics_toolkit_path, instead of the result of the which command, works fine, it would also work.

The above code works fine.
When graphics_toolkit_path is still unchanged empty, the which command is used to detect where convert is installed.
If graphics_toolkit_path is set, it simply accepts the users setting. If the users setting would be wrong, this would be detected in the next step.

In my case I've set graphics_toolkit_path to /usr/bin
At the Graphics settings Gallery shows, that "ImageMagick version 6.3.7 is available in /usr/bin"

Carsten

New user. Same problem. Same Solution. Thanks.

I've been comparing Coppermine and Gallery and am likely to go with Gallery for the next major installation. Interestingly Coppermine has the same problem, and even thought its config page has the Imagemagick variable correct in my ISP's one-click install, it still doesn't work. So one more reason to go with Gallery.

undagiga

Edit: I spoke too soon. Yes, Gallery3 can find Imagemagick using this technique, but something goes wrong when importing images. The import runs but the thumbnails and intermediate images are not built. User support at the hosting firm assures me that it's at /usr/bin/conver and working.

Thanks. Will do. Have to say I really like the friendly and helpful tone on this forum. Much better than over at the Coppermine forum.

Undagiga

Just a FYI if you are searching:
https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/gallery/ticket/1555 is now fixed.

Dave

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