Error converting cbr files

[ashadocat]

I'm getting this error when I try to convert cbr files
Job: **redacted**
**tuple**: ('RuntimeError', u'Failed to load ImageMagick')
**Traceback**:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/parallel.py", line 935, in worker
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/parallel.py", line 893, in work
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/comic/convert_from.py", line 395, in do_convert
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/comic/convert_from.py", line 257, in process_pages
RuntimeError: Failed to load ImageMagick

**Log**:
Archive: /tmp/calibre_0.4.117_6xKgHK.cbr
Found comic pages...
redacted - 00.jpg
redacted - 49.jpg
('RuntimeError', u'Failed to load ImageMagick')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/parallel.py", line 935, in worker
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/parallel.py", line 893, in work
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/comic/convert_from.py", line 395, in do_convert
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/comic/convert_from.py", line 257, in process_pages
RuntimeError: Failed to load ImageMagick

I'm running 64bit ubuntu, newest version of calibre 0.4.117 and synaptic reports I have imagemagick installed, help

[kovidgoyal]

Try using the binary installer.

[ashadocat]

I am using the binary as trying to use the ubuntu installer gave me this error

{'__file__':setup_script, '__name__':'__main__'}
File "setup.py", line 52, in <module>
File "/tmp/easy_install-bgWNcs/calibre-0.4.117/pyqtdistutils.py", line 15, in <module>
ImportError: cannot import name pyqtconfig

the installer worked fine.

[kovidgoyal]

Ah the binary installer doesn't have a bundled imagemagick, try installing a 32 bit version of image magick.

[ashadocat]

I'm afraid I don't have the skill to do this unaided. are you planning to fix it in the next release? I can probably wait. I'm not getting my reader until Christmas anyway.

[kovidgoyal]

Unfortunately imagemagick has too many dependencies to include in the binary installer easily. Ask on the ubuntu forums, i'm sure this issue has come up before.