[OSM-dev] convert tool

[Dominik Spies]

Hi,

I tried to set up a local slippy map to have instant access to my last 
changes for me and some folks working on a specfifc county.

After some stuggle with building osm2pgsql and mapnik, generate_tiles.py 
  prints the error message: "/bin/sh: convert: not found". I figured out 
that this tool is in the utils directory in svn, but "apt-get install 
libmagick9-dev" will install about 100MB binaries, with x11 and so on..

Ist that neccesary? Can I download an binary version of that tool with 
smaller footprint?
What exactly does this tool do?
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Regards,
Dominik Spies