From 98fabfecb3175ae1067178ccab8e05ee1277357f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Holy Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 04:15:22 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Remove outdated install help --- README.md | 57 +++---------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f02175f..33d399c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This package provides a wrapper around [Images.jl](https://github.com/timholy/Images.jl) to make image I/O more modular. -# Installation +## Installation Add the package with @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Add the package with Pkg.add("ImageMagick") ``` -# Usage +## Usage ImageMagick will be used as needed if you've said @@ -41,57 +41,6 @@ img = load(filename[; view=false]) Set `view=true` to reduce memory consumption when loading large files, possibly at some slight cost in terms of performance of future operations. - -# Troubleshooting - -## OSX - -ImageMagick.jl will use the system-wide libMagicWand in `/usr/local/lib` if it is -present. Use the environment variable `MAGICK_HOME` to add other paths to the search -path. Note that version 6.7+ (up to but not including 7.0) are the most supported versions, in -particular for multipage TIFFs. Use `ImageMagick.libversion` to see what version the installer -found. If ImageMagick.jl doesn't find a previous installation, it will install its own copy of the -ImageMagick library with Homebrew.jl. - -ImageMagick.jl 0.3.0 introduced significant improvements in the installation procedure for OSX users. -If you've had trouble with previous versions of ImageMagick.jl and attempted to resolve problems manually, -some of your workarounds might interfere with the new approach. You can reset your build with - -```julia -using Homebrew -Homebrew.rm("imagemagick@6") -Homebrew.brew(`prune`) -Pkg.build("ImageMagick") -``` - -You may also find [debugging -Homebrew](https://github.com/JuliaLang/Homebrew.jl/wiki/Debugging-Homebrew.jl) -useful. - -Finally, an alternative to ImageMagick on OS X is -[QuartzImageIO](https://github.com/JuliaIO/QuartzImageIO.jl). - - -## Manual installation on Windows - -If automatic installation fails, get the current version from -http://www.imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php#windows -(e.g. ImageMagick-6.8.8-7-Q16-x86-dll.exe) and make sure that the "Install -development headers and libraries for C and C++" checkbox is selected. You may -choose to let the installer add the installation directory to the system path or -provide it separately. In the later case you may add it to your `.juliarc.jl` -file as (for example) `push!(Base.DL_LOAD_PATH, -"C:/programs/ImageMagick-6.8.8"`). Alternatively, you can set your `MAGICK_HOME` environment variable. - -**When manual intervention is necessary, you need to restart Julia for the -necessary changes to take effect.** - -## Linux - -ImageMagick.jl automatically searches for an installed version of -libMagickWand. Use the environment variable `MAGICK_HOME` to add to the search -path. Use `ImageMagick.libversion()` to see what version it found. Version 6.7+ -(up to but not including 7.0) are the most supported versions, in particular -for multipage TIFFs. +## Advanced usage The environment variable `MAGICK_THREAD_LIMIT` can be used to throttle multithreading.