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[BookMarc]

Hi guys,

i have cent os server with php 5.2.x and apache 1.3.x. i am trying to install GD library but i am totally lost.

i downloaded the GD library files from libgd.org

after unziping it i typed

./configure

then i typed

make install

i even did

php --with-gd=/usr/local/bin/

but no luck

now what do i do? how do i get it to work with php?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[epcmedia]

Hi Marc,

Try to yum install php-gd

GD is a very common library and should be available via the yum repositories. You should have to compile from source unless you have very specific needs or compilation flags.

Reply back if you cannot figure it out. I am happy to help.

EPCMEDIA

[BookMarc]

Hi EPC,

so i login as root and just type

root#> yum install php-gd

and i am done or is there something else that i will be required to do?

Thanks for your time.

[epcmedia]

maybe.

First just install.

Then restart apache

Then do a phpinfio() to see if gd shows up in the available libraries.

There is a slight chance that you will have to edit your php.ini, but I doubt it. All of my centos severs have been that simple - install php-gd, restart apache, and you are good to go.

[BookMarc]

below is what i got when i tried

yum install php-gd

i am totally stumped.

[root@host ~]# yum install php-gd
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
update                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
addons                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/linux/distributions/centos/4.6/extras/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error
Trying other mirror.
extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
Parsing package install arguments
No Match for argument: php-gd
Nothing to do
[root@host ~]#

[epcmedia]

http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/linux...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error

Notice the error 500 above. The server you attempted to download from is having errors. Try another mirror.

[BookMarc]

how do i get another mirror? i just did 'yum install php-gd' and got that error.

[eth1]

installing GD library on server

go to link http://www.libgd.org/Downloads#Downl...t_.282.0.35.29

unzip the tarball

cd to gd directory

1)./configure
2)make
3)make install

Prasad Naik