
#CYGWIN IMAGEMAGICK INSTALL#
Once the install was complete, then the ‘convert’ function was back and running as expected. In my case, it was missing the exact same libraries as cygcheck convert. Another missing library was TIFF- related. In the cygwin setup/installer, you’ll find the library just by putting in the last few letters ( gomp) should find a match for you (or at least close enough) and click the checkbox to install the library. If you’re having trouble with “ montage” : then in cygwin run: cygcheck montageĪnd it should list out for you the libraries that it cannot find, one such library had the word “gomp” in it. For more information, you can check cygwin’s documentation site.

To generate a list of the missing libraries/DLLs. Errors such as: convert: error while loading shared libraries: : cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory it’s (Cygwin) telling you that there are some libraries missing. The script worked fine a couple of weeks ago, so Im assuming that its caused by a recent cygwin update () It seems that the -enable-auto-image-base flag has been set for ruby and imagemagick. If you’ve been using Cygwin for a while, particularly imageMagick functions such as convert, you may notice some breakages on updating your cygwin version. Since this post references the convert function of imageMagick, run the command: cygcheck convert tried to reinstall cygwin, imagemagick and rmagick, but nothing seems to help. To Fix it, first use the cygwin utility ‘cygcheck’ to reveal the names of the missing DLLs.

You’ll need to find out which ones and then run the setup/installer to fix it. – it’s (Cygwin) telling you that there are some libraries missing. Errors such as: convert: error while loading shared libraries: ?: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory If you’ve been using Cygwin for a while, particularly imageMagick functions such as convert, you may notice some breakages on updating your cygwin version.
