To make sure your designs work seamlessly across different file formats like JPG, SVG, AI, PNG, and PDF, you’ll just need to install a few helpful tools on your server.
Inkscape
Inkscape is a free and open-source vector graphics editor. This software can be used to create or edit vector graphics such as illustrations, diagrams, line arts, charts, logos, icons, and complex paintings.
To install Inkscape, run the following commands:
For the Ubuntu Operating System
1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:inkscape.dev/stable-daily
2. sudo apt-get update
3. sudo apt-get install inkscape
For CentOS
1. yum update
2. yum install inkscape
Ghostscript
Ghostscript can be used as a Raster Image Processor (RIP) for raster computer printers, for instance, as an input filter of the line printer daemon, or as the RIP engine behind PostScript and PDF viewers. Ghostscript can also be used as a file format converter, such as a PostScript to PDF converter.
To install Ghostscript, run the following commands:
For the Ubuntu Operating System
1. sudo apt update
2. sudo apt install ghostscript
For CentOS
1. yum update
2. yum install ghostscript
ImageMagick
ImageMagick is a software suite that creates, edits, composes, or converts bitmap images. It can read and write images in over 200 formats. We may use ImageMagick commands to resize, rotate, and transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special effects, or draw text, lines, and shapes.
To install ImageMagick, run the following commands:
For the Ubuntu Operating System
1. sudo apt-get install php-imagick -y
2. sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall libx11-dev libxext-dev zlib1g-dev libpng-dev libjpeg-dev libfreetype6-dev libxml2-dev -y
3. wget https://www.imagemagick.org/download/ImageMagick.tar.gz && tar -xvzf ImageMagick-7.1.0-9.tar.gz && cd ImageMagick-7.1.0-9 && ./configure && make && make install && make distclean && sudo ldconfig
For CentOS
1. yum install php-pear php-devel gcc
2. wget https://www.imagemagick.org/download/ImageMagick.tar.gz
3. tar -vxf ImageMagick.tar.gz
4. sudo yum -y install libpng-devel libjpeg-devel libtiff-devel
5. cd ImageMagick
6. /configure –without-x
7. make && make install