Use librsvg / rsvg to convert SVG images with ImageMagick

Question

I know this question has several answered version here (like this: ImageMagick convert SVG to PNG not working with RSVG enabled ), but actually I can't find a real solution to my exact problem. My problem is: I have a specific SVG file (and I will generate more) that ImageMagick inside SVG>PNG convertor process doesn't convert perfectly. So I need to change it to librsvg, because it does, I tested these 2 lines with different result:

    convert test.svg test.png  // ( img: http://tinyurl.com/px2lw3v )
    rsvg-convert test.svg -o test.png // ( img: http://tinyurl.com/lreu6sk )

I installed HomeBrew. As described here: ImageMagick convert SVG to PNG not working with RSVG enabled I used this code to install ImageMagick brew install imagemagick --use-rsvg. I realized that it not installs librsvg so I needed to uninstall it and reinstall like this: brew reinstall imagemagick --with-libsrvg librsvg --use-rsvg : this installed imagemagick & librsvg together to my mac. BUT doesn't connected them: convert -list format | grep SVG resulted as:

 MSVG  SVG       rw+   ImageMagick's own SVG internal renderer
  SVG  SVG       rw+   Scalable Vector Graphics (XML 2.9.0)
 SVGZ  SVG       rw+   Compressed Scalable Vector Graphics (XML 2.9.0)

while this: convert -list delegate | grep svg resulted as:

    svg =>          "rsvg-convert" -o "%o" "%i"

I installed & uninstalled & reinstalled them several times & ways but nothing changed and the script convert test.svg test.png do it's way without librsvg. I added lines to /usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick/6.8.9-1/lib/ImageMagick/config-Q16/configure.xml with tags but nothing progressed. I don't know what to do and how to connect ImageMagick and force to use different library for convert test.svg test.png.

Thank you for your help.

More information:

    $ which convert
    /usr/local/bin/convert

    $ convert -version
    Version: ImageMagick 6.8.9-1 Q16 x86_64 2014-05-12 http://www.imagemagick.org
    Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2014 ImageMagick Studio LLC
    Features: DPC Modules
    Delegates: bzlib freetype jng jpeg ltdl lzma png xml zlib

    $ otool -L $(which convert)
    /usr/local/bin/convert:
        /usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick/6.8.9-1/lib/libMagickCore-6.Q16.2.dylib (compatibility version 3.0.0, current version 3.0.0)
        /usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick/6.8.9-1/lib/libMagickWand-6.Q16.2.dylib (compatibility version 3.0.0, current version 3.0.0)
        /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib (compatibility version 18.0.0, current version 18.2.0)
        /usr/lib/liblzma.5.dylib (compatibility version 6.0.0, current version 6.3.0)
        /usr/lib/libbz2.1.0.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.5)
        /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.2.5)
        /usr/local/lib/libltdl.7.dylib (compatibility version 11.0.0, current version 11.0.0)
        /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1197.1.1)

    $ which rsvg-convert
    /usr/local/bin/rsvg-convert

    $ otool -L $(which rsvg-convert)
    /usr/local/bin/rsvg-convert:
        /usr/local/Cellar/librsvg/2.36.3/lib/librsvg-2.2.dylib (compatibility version 39.0.0, current version 39.3.0)
        /usr/local/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.0.dylib (compatibility version 3001.0.0, current version 3001.8.0)
        /usr/local/lib/libgio-2.0.0.dylib (compatibility version 4001.0.0, current version 4001.0.0)
        /usr/local/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.0.dylib (compatibility version 3601.0.0, current version 3601.5.0)
        /usr/local/lib/libpango-1.0.0.dylib (compatibility version 3601.0.0, current version 3601.5.0)
        /usr/local/lib/libgobject-2.0.0.dylib (compatibility version 4001.0.0, current version 4001.0.0)
        /usr/local/lib/libcairo.2.dylib (compatibility version 11203.0.0, current version 11203.16.0)
        /usr/local/lib/libpng16.16.dylib (compatibility version 29.0.0, current version 29.0.0)
        /usr/local/lib/libcroco-0.6.3.dylib (compatibility version 4.0.0, current version 4.1.0)
        /usr/lib/libxml2.2.dylib (compatibility version 10.0.0, current version 10.9.0)
        /usr/local/lib/libgthread-2.0.0.dylib (compatibility version 4001.0.0, current version 4001.0.0)
        /usr/local/lib/libglib-2.0.0.dylib (compatibility version 4001.0.0, current version 4001.0.0)
        /usr/local/opt/gettext/lib/libintl.8.dylib (compatibility version 10.0.0, current version 10.2.0)
        /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1197.1.1)

• ImageMagick 6.6.9-1
• Mac OS X 10.9.4

Farny

If you install Inkscape on your system, ImageMagick will use it automatically. It does not need to be installed as a delegate. It is usually better than RSVG. – Servile

Answer 1

(Just adding more context to Zoltan's answer)

Use brew info imagemagick to see available options when installing it.

--with-librsvg
    Build with librsvg support

Esdraelon

homebrew option --with-librsvg no longer supported. I get error – Alage

Answer 2

I tried and my solution is on Mac:

1. run brew doctor and brew update
2. use simply brew reinstall imagemagick --with-librsvg // - you may misspelled!
3. try it. it should work!

Is it work?

Diantha

hi zoltan can you look at this related question? your post helped me successfully get it working locally but there are text nuances on server that preclude success right now #26790232 – Ironbound

This answer appears to be outdated- current homebrew gives error Error: invalid option: --with-librsvg – Arminius

Answer 3

If you want to use Homebrew to install imagemagick with svg support, you need to use an older version. They removed options from the installation process early 2019.

    brew install https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/raw/46a2ef7c9f0380b8e19f8dfe37270caa27581353/Formula/imagemagick.rb --with-librsvg

Multiflorous

Or, compile from source since "GraphicsMagick may be compiled from source code for virtually any modern Unix system (including Linux and MacOS X)" – Confer

Answer 4

The --with-librsvg option is no longer supported. Instead librsvg is its own package now and will install the rsvg-convert command.

brew install librsvg

For reference https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/librsvg#default

Careycarfare