Unable to find and install ImageMagick on CentOS 8

Question

I'm unable to install ImageMagick and ImageMagick-devel on a CentOS 8 64bit server. It should be as easy as:

dnf install ImageMagick ImageMagick-devel

When I do that I get:

Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:53 ago on Wed 26 May 2021 11:48:26 AM CEST. All matches were filtered out by exclude filtering for argument: ImageMagick All matches were filtered out by exclude filtering for argument: ImageMagick-devel Error: Unable to find a match: ImageMagick ImageMagick-devel

I have already done:

dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm -y

Which is installed and enabled. When I look in

dnf repository-packages epel list

no ImageMagick package is listed.

How can I fix this and use dnf to install ImageMagick and ImageMagick-devel?

My repolist is:

appstream: CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream
baseos: CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS
epel: Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64
epel-debuginfo: Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 - Debug
epel-modular: Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64
epel-source: Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 - Source
extras: CentOS Linux 8 - Extras
litespeed: LiteSpeed Tech Repository for CentOS 8 - x86_64
litespeed-update: LiteSpeed Tech Update Repository for CentOS 8 - x86_64
powertools: CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools
remi-modular: Remi's Modular repository for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64
remi-safe: Safe Remi's RPM repository for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64
yarn: Yarn Repository

Output of dnf repository-packages epel list | grep Image

OpenImageIO.x86_64 2.1.20.0-1.el8 epel
OpenImageIO-devel.x86_64 2.1.20.0-1.el8 epel
OpenImageIO-iv.x86_64 2.1.20.0-1.el8 epel
OpenImageIO-utils.x86_64 2.1.20.0-1.el8 epel
libAfterImage.x86_64 1.20-22.el8 epel
libAfterImage-apps.x86_64 1.20-22.el8 epel
libAfterImage-devel.x86_64 1.20-22.el8 epel
perl-GD-SecurityImage.noarch 1.75-4.el8 epel
perl-Image-Base.noarch 1.17-15.el8 epel
perl-Image-ExifTool.noarch 12.16-3.el8 epel
perl-Image-Info.noarch 1.41-8.el8 epel
perl-Image-Size.noarch 3.300-16.el8 epel
perl-Image-Xbm.noarch 1.10-11.el8 epel
perl-Image-Xpm.noarch 1.13-10.el8 epel

Output of dnf repository-packages epel list | grep image

freeimage.x86_64 3.17.0-4.el8 epel
freeimage-devel.x86_64 3.17.0-4.el8 epel
freeimage-plus.x86_64 3.17.0-4.el8 epel
freeimage-plus-devel.x86_64 3.17.0-4.el8 epel
kf5-kimageformats.x86_64 5.68.0-1.el8 epel
kiwi-systemdeps-disk-images.x86_64 9.23.34-1.el8 epel
kiwi-systemdeps-image-validation.x86_64 9.23.34-1.el8 epel
libimagequant.x86_64 2.12.5-1.el8 epel
libimagequant-devel.x86_64 2.12.5-1.el8 epel
python3-openimageio.x86_64 2.1.20.0-1.el8 epel
qt5-qtimageformats-doc.noarch 5.12.3-1.el8 epel
root-graf-asimage.x86_64 6.22.08-1.el8 epel

`epel` is in your repolist. What does `dnf repository-packages epel list` show? Did you try `dnf clean all` then `dnf makecache`? — GoinOff, May 26 '21 at 14:08
Yes I have run dnf clean all and dnf makecache. I have added the output of dnf repository-pacakges epel list to my original post. I added a grep command, to narrow the list a bit. — Snels Nick, May 26 '21 at 17:10
I have found the culprit. I am doing a server migration and in my /etc/dnf/dnf.conf I had exclude=mysql*,ImageMagick*,GraphicsMagick* . I have removed the excludes and I can now find ImageMagick. I feel so stupid. Thank you for all your help! @GoinOff — Snels Nick, May 26 '21 at 17:19
I've shot myself in the foot like that many times..Glad you found the problem. I usually say "D'ohhhh" — GoinOff, May 26 '21 at 17:34

GoinOff · Answer 1 · 2021-05-26T13:11:11.953

It's kinda lame in CentOS 8 how by default, many needed repos are not enabled by default and packages are spread out now among the different repos making life more of a pain in the a$$ instead of easier..

ImageMagick packages are in the epel repo

[root@test35 map]# repoquery -i ImageMagick-devel
Last metadata expiration check: 0:23:13 ago on Wed 26 May 2021 04:52:14 AM PDT.
Name         : ImageMagick-devel
Version      : 6.9.10.86
Release      : 1.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size         : 126 k
Source       : ImageMagick-6.9.10.86-1.el8.src.rpm
Repository   : epel
Summary      : Library links and header files for ImageMagick app development
URL          : http://www.imagemagick.org/
License      : ImageMagick
Description  : ImageMagick-devel contains the library links and header files
             : you'll need to develop ImageMagick applications. ImageMagick is
             : an image manipulation program.
             :
             : If you want to create applications that will use ImageMagick code
             : or APIs, you need to install ImageMagick-devel as well as
             : ImageMagick. You do not need to install it if you just want to
             : use ImageMagick, however.

To enable popular repos containing many needed packages for a typical server, run the following

yum install epel-release javapackages-tools
yum config-manager --set-enabled powertools

rebuild yum or dnf:

yum clean all
yum makecache
yum repolist

[root@localhost ~]# yum repolist
                     repo id            repo name
                     appstream          CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream
                     baseos             CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS
                     epel               Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64
                     epel-modular       Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64
                     extras             CentOS Linux 8 - Extras
                     powertools         CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools

                List of rpms in epel where ImageMagick-devel is located:

                    yum repo-pkgs epel list

[root@test35 map]# dnf clean all
49 files removed
[root@test35 map]# dnf makecache
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                      3.9 MB/s | 6.3 MB     00:01
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                         1.2 MB/s | 2.3 MB     00:01
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                          27 kB/s | 9.6 kB     00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                     1.6 MB/s | 2.0 MB     00:01
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - 453 kB/s | 610 kB     00:01
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64  4.2 MB/s | 9.4 MB     00:02
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:01 ago on Wed 26 May 2021 06:09:19 AM PDT.
Metadata cache created.

[root@test35 map]# dnf repository-packages epel list|grep ImageMagick
ImageMagick.x86_64                                        6.9.10.86-1.el8                                 epel
ImageMagick-c++.x86_64                                    6.9.10.86-1.el8                                 epel
ImageMagick-c++-devel.x86_64                              6.9.10.86-1.el8                                 epel
ImageMagick-devel.x86_64                                  6.9.10.86-1.el8                                 epel
ImageMagick-doc.x86_64                                    6.9.10.86-1.el8                                 epel
ImageMagick-libs.x86_64                                   6.9.10.86-1.el8                                 epel
ImageMagick-perl.x86_64                                   6.9.10.86-1.el8

Thank you for your detailed answer. I do not have repoquery installed and dnf install repoquery, isn't working (same problem as with ImageMagick it seems). I did all the other steps you listed. Unfortunately the 'dnf repository-packages epel list|grep ImageMagick' returns nothing. — Snels Nick, May 26 '21 at 13:01
you can install `yum install yum-utils` for repoquery. What does `dnf repolist` show you? — GoinOff, May 26 '21 at 13:08
You can also rebuild by running `dnf clean all`,`dnf makecache`, — GoinOff, May 26 '21 at 13:17
Thank you the additional commands. I managed to install repoquery. When I run that command it returns nothing. I ran dnf clean all and dnf makecache. I added my current repolist to my original post. — Snels Nick, May 26 '21 at 13:59

Unable to find and install ImageMagick on CentOS 8

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