[FR] set the CONFIGURE_PATH when building

[mmattel]

@SoftCreatR is it possible to define the CONFIGURE_PATH in the build process as parameter?

convert -list configure | grep "ImageMagick-6"

Default with the U18.04/20.04, this is /etc/ImageMagick-6/ But when running a build with your script, you get /usr/local/etc/ImageMagick-7/

It would be great if this could be defined

[SoftCreatR]

--build-dir should do the trick.

[mmattel]

hmmm, --prefix="$BUILD_DIR"

from https://imagemagick.org/script/resources.php $PREFIX/etc/ImageMagick-7 The environmental variable $PREFIX is the default install path (e.g. /usr/local) It does not read to me as configuration path though... (install <> configuration)

And in the script you do a VERIFY_INSTALLATION=$("$BUILD_DIR/bin/magick" means $BUILD_DIR cant be the config directory...

[SoftCreatR]

Just wondering: Is there a specific reason, why you want to have it installed elsewhere?

[mmattel]

Misunderstanding, it is not about installing it at a different location but setting the config directory. At Ubuntu with imagick version 6, the config directory is /etc/ImageMagic-6,means the base directory is / and not /usr/local.

[SoftCreatR]

I don't think, that you can set the configuration directory exclusively. It depends on the install path (which is /usr/local by default). Setting it to / would install the configuration in /etc, but install the binaries in /bin.

[mmattel]

I think I found the solution, you may need to add an additional option with a default. Looking into the configure script and with the help of an answered question in the ImageMagic repo, here are my findings:

the configure scripts suggest the configure option "--sysconfdir=DIR"

Taking a look to the ImageMagic configure file:

at line 4751 eval "eval SYSCONF_DIR=$sysconfdir"

at line 33127 CONFIGURE_PATH="${SYSCONF_DIR}/${CONFIGURE_RELATIVE_PATH}/"

Which is exactly the path of the configuration files ImageMagic is looking at when you use it, see my comments above. Again, it is not about a different installation, but a defined configuration location.

The default option when not defined should be "/etc" and the option must therefore always be handed over to the configure script, which then defaults to /etc and creates /etc/ImageMagic-7. Without setting the option and hand it over to the configure script, it will be set to $BUILD_DIR which creates /usr/local/etc/ImageMagick-7/

Note, install location and config location can be set independently, see the configure script.

[mmattel]

(Pls note, that I have made some text changes in the comment above to reflect my test below.)

I gave the thing a try to see if it fixes the issue. For this I changed your imei.sh script to:

          cd "ImageMagick-$IMAGEMAGICK_VER" &&
          ./configure \
            --prefix="$BUILD_DIR" \
            --sysconfdir="/etc" \

and run sudo ./imei.sh --no-sig-verify --force

Here is the result running: magick identify -list configure | grep CONFIGURE_PATH

before: CONFIGURE_PATH /usr/local/etc/ImageMagick-7/ after: CONFIGURE_PATH /etc/ImageMagick-7/ :white_check_mark:

The ImageMagick-7 folder with the default config files has been created as expected :white_check_mark:

whereis magick before: /usr/local/bin/magick :white_check_mark: after: /usr/local/bin/magick :white_check_mark:

Hopefully this convinces you to add this additional script parameter which defaults to /etc 😄

[mmattel]

Great 👍 Thanks a lot!