Imagick 3.1.0RC2 & cPanel 11.36.1.8

[teflonbee]

Hi,

My forum software isn't working correctly with the latest stable version of imagick and quite a few other administrators with the same software remarked that the latest beta version solves the problems. I asked my server company to install 3.1.0RC2 and this was the response I got:

"The beta version is not supporting the cpanel. It will corrupt the cpanel when the cpanel get updates. Its allowing only the latest stable version."


Does anyone here know if there is a way to upgrade to this version without causing a problem like he describes. I'm running PHP Version 5.3.25 if that helps.


Thanks!

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

Your hosting company is likely unwilling to manually install a different version of Imagemagick. I'm not aware of any way to circumvent their installation without root access to the server. There is a "FAQ" entry on Imagemagick installations on cPanel at:

cPanel - Imagemagick

Thank you.

 

[teflonbee]

Hello

Your hosting company is likely unwilling to manually install a different version of Imagemagick. I'm not aware of any way to circumvent their installation without root access to the server. There is a "FAQ" entry on Imagemagick installations on cPanel at:

cPanel - Imagemagick

Thank you.

Hi Michael,

I have root access (I need to redo my profile) so if I have to, I could try to manually install it myself. I just wanted to double check that installing a beta wouldn't corrupt cPanel. If it doesn't and there was some type of documentation to support that, then I could try to encourage my hosting company to do it. Also, I wasn't sure if there was some type of configuration that needs to be set to allow beta installs.

Thanks for your reply.

 

[cPanelMichael]

You can manually install Imagemagick from source using the version you prefer. This will not cause any problems with cPanel, and will only effect the scripts on your server that utilize the Imagemagick software.

The version of Imagemagick that cPanel uses for it's internal PHP is installed separately as an RPM with the "cpanel" prefix:

cpanel-ImageMagick-6.8.0-1.cp1136.x86_64

Thank you.

 

[teflonbee]

You can manually install Imagemagick from source using the version you prefer. This will not cause any problems with cPanel, and will only effect the scripts on your server that utilize the Imagemagick software.

The version of Imagemagick that cPanel uses for it's internal PHP is installed separately as an RPM with the "cpanel" prefix:



Thank you.

I just got clarification from my host on their reasoning for not wanting to install a beta version.

"Corruption isn't the issue...cPanel runs unannounced upgrades that typically revert non standard installed software to their current default version. "

Is there a way to prevent cPanel from reverting the software in this particular case?

Thanks again.

 

[cPanelMichael]

Is there a way to prevent cPanel from reverting the software in this particular case?

cPanel will not overwrite a manual Imagemagick installation that was installed from source.

Thank you.