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[howsthat]

Trying to install gd library but not able to..

When i do yum install php-gd it says nothing to do..

Kindly help me.. Its a week i am trying to make it work.. Looks like i have searched the whole net.. Help me out

[vps-and-vpn]

Is it installed? "rpm -qa | grep gd"

Maybe, it needs to be activated in apache.

[PCS-Chris]

Just uncomment the extension in your php.ini file

[david510]

Use these steps to install gd.

wget http://www.libgd.org/releases/gd-2.0.35.tar.gz
tar -zvxf gd-2.0.35.tar.gz
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
make install

[howsthat]

Originally Posted by vps-and-vpn

Is it installed? "rpm -qa | grep gd"

Maybe, it needs to be activated in apache.

its gives me this

gdbm-1.8.0-26.2.1
php-gd-5.1.6-12.el5
sysklogd-1.4.1-39.2
gd-2.0.33-9.3.fc6
gdbm-devel-1.8.0-26.2.1
gd-progs-2.0.33-9.3.fc6
gd-devel-2.0.33-9.3.fc6

how what..


and in php.ini there is no extension for gd.. its ther for windows

[howsthat]

should i do what david said or is gd already installed.. coz that rpm command has that php-gd

[vps-and-vpn]

Seems to be installed. Edit php.ini and add "extension=gd.so". Reload apache.

[howsthat]

i added extension=gd.so but it dint work.. i check my extension dir in php but there is no such file named gd.so

[howsthat]

plz assist me further

[vps-and-vpn]

Do you run php5 or php4?

[howsthat]

Have php4..

[david510]

You may try recompiling php with option --enable-gd. Do you have any control panel installed on the server?

[vps-and-vpn]

You have php4 running, but php-gd-5.1.6-12.el5 (php5-module) installed. Install the module for php4.

[howsthat]

Thats what.. How do i recompile it.. I have cpanel but its not working as i its licence is over.. Can i upgrade to php 5.. If yes tell which is the most stable php5 version.. Or i will keep using 4 but how to install gd

[david510]

You can use the easyapache script to update the php version or recompile the existing php version. Make sure you enable gd during the recompilation. You may use the php version 5.2.2 if considering upgradation.