sudo apt-get install php5-gd && sudo service apache2 restart
To install under Ubuntu 14.04.
Installation
To enable GD-support configure PHP --with-gd[=DIR] , where DIR is the GD base install directory. To use the recommended bundled version of the GD library, use the configure option --with-gd . GD library requires libpng and libjpeg to compile.
In Windows, you'll include the GD2 DLL php_gd2.dll as an extension in php.ini.
Enhance the capabilities of GD to handle more image formats by specifying the --with-XXXX configure switch to your PHP configure line.
| Image Format | Configure Switch |
|---|---|
| jpeg | To enable support for jpeg add --with-jpeg-dir=DIR . Jpeg 6b, 7 or 8 are supported. |
| png | To enable support for png add --with-png-dir=DIR . Note, libpng requires the zlib library, therefore add --with-zlib-dir[=DIR] to your configure line. |
| xpm | To enable support for xpm add --with-xpm-dir=DIR . If configure is not able to find the required libraries, you may add the path to your X11 libraries. |
| webp | To enable support for webp add --with-vpx-dir=DIR . Available as of PHP 5.4.0. As of PHP 7.0.0 --with-webp-dir=DIR has to be added, i.e. support for libvpx has been removed in favor of libwebp. |
Note: When compiling PHP with libpng, you must use the same version that was linked with the GD library.
Enhance the capabilities of GD to deal with different fonts by specifying the --with-XXXX configure switch to your PHP configure line.
| Font library | Configure Switch |
|---|---|
| FreeType 2 | To enable support for FreeType 2 add --with-freetype-dir=DIR . As of PHP 7.4.0 use --with-freetype instead, which relies on pkg-config. |
| T1lib | To enable support for T1lib (Postscript Type 1 fonts) add --with-t1lib[=DIR] (Removed as of PHP 7.0.0). |
| Native TrueType string function | To enable support for native TrueType string function add --enable-gd-native-ttf . (Effectless as of PHP 5.5.0; removed as of PHP 7.2.0.) |
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User Contributed Notes 17 notes
james dot a dot munsch at gmail dot com ¶
5 years ago
abdulbasitsaeed ¶
6 months ago
To install PHP GD extension on an Amazon Linux AMI server, with php 7:
sudo yum install php 70-gd
Do remember to restart Apache after the installation!
sudo service httpd restart
svestka1999 at gmail dot com ¶
3 years ago
Instructions how to compile bundled version on Linux:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35560150/php-gd-bundled-extension-without-recompiling-php-solution
elassoto at hotmail dot com ¶
9 years ago
If you have already compiled PHP and want to recompile '--with-gd', don't forget to run 'make clean' first!
leyluj21 at gmail dot com ¶
4 years ago
If you are using PHPBREW , the extension is called gd.
So you do.
```
phpbrew ext install gd
```
It will compile the extension to the core.
fabrizzio at webtux dot cl ¶
11 months ago
php --version if result is 7.2 version
sudo apt-get install php7.2-gd
msc at homofaber dot com ¶
10 years ago
It should be noted that it might be pretty easy to install gd without the need to recompile php, when using debian:
apt-get install php5-gd
Mike K ¶
3 years ago
On Ubuntu I was missing the libpng-dev, libjpeg-dev (and in my case) libwebp-dev libraries, all gettable with apt-get.
Also once those libraries are installed, including --with-png-dir --with-jpeg-dir --with-webp-dir, without any values (i.e. =/dir) appeared to be valid ... though admittedly I didn't try without (in case the configure script autodetected them).
florian ¶
8 years ago
People having difficulties setting the --with-libdir option needs to set it like this :
--with-libdir=lib64
That option works fine. Doing --with-libdir=/usr/lib64 doesn't work because the configure script prepends the --prefix option before the --with-libdir option. So, doing --with-libdir=/usr/lib64 makes the configure script to look for libs in /usr/usr/lib64, which is wrong of course, and not in /usr/lib64.
Qussayyon Qamaron: Qusai.zf2@gmailcom ¶
2 years ago
#install under Ubuntu 16.04:
* if you have access to PHP7.1:
<sudo> apt install php7.1-gd && <sudo> systemctl restart apache2
* if you have access to PHP7.0:
<sudo> apt install php7.0-gd && <sudo> systemctl restart apache2
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Qussayyon Qamaron: Qusai.zf2gmailcom
Joseph Marlin ¶
8 years ago
I also had to install the libgd package in addition to php5-gd:
sudo apt-get install libgd2-xpm-dev*
octopus at logicaloctopus dot com ¶
8 years ago
I was running PHP on a SUSE box on amazon EC2.
to get gd to work all I had to do was to run:
> yast -i php5_gd
and when that completed I just restarted apache. voila!
boly38 at gmail dot com ¶
8 years ago
To get GD bundled under Ubuntu, the way to recompile php5 with gd is described here (french) http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/modules_php#php5-gd
alejo dot jm at gmail dot com ¶
7 years ago
On Macox lion with mac port just use:
sudo port install php5-gd
remalsha at gmail dot com ¶
1 year ago
On AntergosOS ( Arch linux )
*first run >>php -v and get current php version. In my case for PHP 7.1.14
sudo pacman -S php71-gd
then restart you apache server using,
sudo systemctl restart httpd
