imagick Installation via EasyApache

BillyS

• November 13, 2020 10:43

I am going to give everyone an easy question to answer. Why isn't imagick part of the normal EasyApache configuration process? This isn't a complaint, just trying to understand since it's something the always popular Wordpress recommends - and I am new to Wordpress so I am just seeing this now. Is there a security issue? Is is a finicky extension?

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  ffeingol

  • November 13, 2020 16:11

  I can't tell you why it's not in EA, but it's very easy to install: yum install ImageMagick-devel
  And then install imagick via PECL for your various PHP versions.

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • November 13, 2020 16:26

  @BillyS - this would be a great feature request to submit using the link in my signature. We have a guide that explains how to get this setup, which also includes details for CloudLinux's alt-php system here, if you'd like to check that out:

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  BillyS

  • November 13, 2020 17:20

  Tried the above, got the below Warning: popen() has been disabled for security reasons in PEAR/Builder.php on line 465 ERROR: failed to run `phpize' Guess because of this: disable_functions = "show_source,system,shell_exec,passthru,exec,phpinfo,popen,proc_open" Can I remove popen from disable_functions to complete the installation, then include it again or will that create a long term problem? And if this is true, I might just wait a month or so > NOTE: In cPanel 92 and later these packages will be installed by default.

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • November 13, 2020 17:46

  There's no issue with removing popen from that list as that's just personal preference on what you are restricting in your own PHP environment.

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