[cobalt-users] Image Magick or NetPBM on RaQ4i

["Si Watts" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

a number of the projects I'm working on at the moment require me to be able
to automatically manipulate images once they've been uploaded via PHP,
specifically I need to have them saved to a preset width and duplicated in
thumbnail form, then the image details loaded into a MySQL db (that bit
isn't exactly a problem).
The GDLib appears to not have the ficility to resize and so after much
research I've fallen onto 2 options: ImageMagick or NetPBM.

My questions is:
Has anybody successfully installed either of these packages on a server wide
basis? If so, where can I find detailed "dummies guide" instructions as to
how to complete the task. The archives contain several references to
ImageMagick altho there were none which actually point to complete
instructions. I know there are instructions on the UK2RAQ site but these now
appear to be quite old and the verions information is a little dated. I only
need the resize functions of either of these programs, and any help,
pointers or links to additional help would be gratefully received.

Kind Regards

Si Watts
SiWIS http://www.siwis.co.uk