how to install python pgmagick on windows

Question

I m trying to install pgmagick library on windows. I m following the official page: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pgmagick/

From there i can notice that i need to install first easy_install,pip, boost and graphicsMagic. In this page i found easy_install: http://blog.troygrosfield.com/2010/12/18/installing-easy_install-and-pip-for-python/ In this page i can find pip and boost: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#pgmagick

But i can't figure out how to install magick++. I went to website and download it but it installs just the software and when i try to install pgmagick like this: pip install pgmagick

there is an error that i need magick++:

F:\Python27\Scripts>easy_install -ZU pgmagick
Searching for pgmagick
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pgmagick/
Reading http://bitbucket.org/hhatto/pgmagick
Best match: pgmagick 0.5.4
Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pgmagick/pgmagick-0.5.4.tar
.gz#md5=c10a454331ac1c359b39e50663fd28e4
Processing pgmagick-0.5.4.tar.gz
Running pgmagick-0.5.4\setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir f:\docume~1\alessa~1\imp
ost~1\temp\easy_install-xaypdo\pgmagick-0.5.4\egg-dist-tmp-qu7mji
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "F:\Python27\Scripts\easy_install-script.py", line 8, in <module>
    load_entry_point('setuptools==0.6c11', 'console_scripts', 'easy_install')()
  File "F:\Python27\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line
1712, in main
    with_ei_usage(lambda:
  File "F:\Python27\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line
1700, in with_ei_usage
    return f()
  File "F:\Python27\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line
1716, in <lambda>
    distclass=DistributionWithoutHelpCommands, **kw
  File "F:\Python27\lib\distutils\core.py", line 152, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "F:\Python27\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 953, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "F:\Python27\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 972, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "F:\Python27\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line
211, in run
    self.easy_install(spec, not self.no_deps)
  File "F:\Python27\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line
446, in easy_install
    return self.install_item(spec, dist.location, tmpdir, deps)
  File "F:\Python27\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line
476, in install_item
    dists = self.install_eggs(spec, download, tmpdir)
  File "F:\Python27\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line
655, in install_eggs
    return self.build_and_install(setup_script, setup_base)
  File "F:\Python27\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line
930, in build_and_install
    self.run_setup(setup_script, setup_base, args)
  File "F:\Python27\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line
919, in run_setup
    run_setup(setup_script, args)
  File "F:\Python27\lib\site-packages\setuptools\sandbox.py", line 62, in run_se
tup
    lambda: execfile(
  File "F:\Python27\lib\site-packages\setuptools\sandbox.py", line 105, in run
    return func()
  File "F:\Python27\lib\site-packages\setuptools\sandbox.py", line 64, in <lambd
a>
    {'__file__':setup_script, '__name__':'__main__'}
  File "setup.py", line 74, in <module>
Exception: Magick++ not found

thanks!

Answer 1

I recommend you use the precompiled binary packages from the Unofficial Windows Binaries for Python Extension Packages (as mentioned in the pgmagick web page), instead of trying to compile from source which will be quite a complicated process.