[Typo3-debian] GD and ImageMagick Packages for Debian and the "LZW" problem

[Michael Stucki]

Hi Alexander,

> Any non-debian-package / manual installation would mean debian package
> management not to know about it and therefore possibly causing dependency
> or installation problems for other packages later on... 

For the moment, this is the easiest way for you:

1) Install imagemagick from Debian through apt-get (we won't need it, it's
just for conforming with the requirements).

2) Install typo3-imagemagick from http://typo3.sunsite.dk/software/linux/
and install it in /usr/local/typo3-imagemagick/ for example.

3) Enter the install tool and adjust the new path & settings for IM 4.2.9

> To circumvent this for the moment, i switched typo3 right now into "use
> always png instead of gif-mode". But will Typo3/Imagemagick/GD2 at least
> be able to *read* lzw-compressed GIFs (to maybe later on convert them to
> png or similar) or do i have to supply *only* lzw-free files then? In
> other words: Does "without lzw support" really mean not even reading those
> files?

The files can be read, that's no problem I think.

> Would be the fork of ImageMagick called "graphicsmagic" be of any use
> here? I heard about it. Even that it`s not natively supported by typo3.
> However, if it would successfully battle with my LZW problem, sure it
> would be worth a try. ;-)

See Svens post. It works already :-)

- michael
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