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[Christopher]

With the webalizer pkg, cobalt says not to install if I have php4.06 with new gd.

When I installed php4.06 I just went to the php site and followed some instructions I had to download and configure it. I configured 'with gd', as the instructions said to.

Is this the 'new gd' they are referring to? I could not find any reference to gd on the php site so I don't even know what it is.

What is gd and is this the 'new' one they are referring to? -

Thanks,

Chris

[phuture]

Originally posted by Christopher
With the webalizer pkg, cobalt says not to install if I have php4.06 with new gd.

When I installed php4.06 I just went to the php site and followed some instructions I had to download and configure it. I configured 'with gd', as the instructions said to.

Is this the 'new gd' they are referring to? I could not find any reference to gd on the php site so I don't even know what it is.

What is gd and is this the 'new' one they are referring to? -

Thanks,

Chris

Hi Chris,

the difference the cobalt site makes between the old gd and the new one is that the new gd has no gif support built in. Instead it uses the png format. So webalizer itselfs has to know what graphics format to use.

If you want to figure out what gd you have, create a php script with this line in it:

<? phpinfo() ?>

Then open that file in your Browser and look at the GD-Section. If it says GIF-support enabled, you have the old GD (ver 1.6 or something like that), otherwise it should be with PNG-Support.

By the way, I installed the webalizer2.pkg with PNG Support from http://cobalt-aid.sourceforge.net on a RAQ4 and it worked cool for me.

Regards,

Felix-Gabriel

[Christopher]

Felix-Gabriel,

Thank you for your excellent and on target answer, I have 'old' gd, and will use the appropriate webalizer version

Chris