Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, GraphicsMagick is an open source image processing tool, with support for the following formats: DPX, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PNG, PDF, PNM, and TIFF. The latest version available is GraphicsMagick 1.3.19, which has been released after nine months of hard work, coming with a bunch of bugfixes and improvements. More information is available via the official site.
In this article I will show you how to install GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 on Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 16 Petra, Linux Mint 15 Olivia, Linux Mint 14 Nadia, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pear OS 8, Pear OS 7 and Elementary OS 0.2 Luna.
Because it is available via PPA, installing GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pear OS and Elementary OS is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the graphicsmagick package. Like this:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dhor/myway
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install graphicsmagick