How do I install/activate the GD library with my existing PHP version?
I'm quite sure it isn't already, since I got this error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function imagecreate() in /Volumes/Data/
Users/luca/Library/WebServer/Documents/reloadTest/image.php on line 6

Please forgive my ignorance, and thanks for your

Quoting Luca Paolella <luca.paolella@gmail.com>:

> How do I install/activate the GD library with my existing PHP version?
> I'm quite sure it isn't already, since I got this error:
>
> Fatal error: Call to undefined function imagecreate() in
> /Volumes/Data/Users/luca/Library/WebServer/Documents/reloadTest/image.php on
> line 6
>
> Please forgive my ignorance, and thanks for your
>

On windows it's as easy as downloading the dll from pecl4win.php.net.

But from your directory structure i presume you have some sort of *nix system.
So you have to reconfigure and rebuild PHP. Add the following to the
configure line. And rebuild PHP after that. Make sure GD is installed
on the system.

--with-gd --with-jpeg-dir --with-png-dir

On 10/04/2008, Thijs Lensselink <dev@lenss.nl> wrote:
> Quoting Luca Paolella <luca.paolella@gmail.com>:
>
>
> > How do I install/activate the GD library with my existing PHP version?
> > I'm quite sure it isn't already, since I got this error:
> >
> > Fatal error: Call to undefined function imagecreate() in
> >
> /Volumes/Data/Users/luca/Library/WebServer/Documents/reloadTest/image.php
> on
> > line 6
> >
> > Please forgive my ignorance, and thanks for your
> >
> >
>
> On windows it's as easy as downloading the dll from pecl4win.php.net.
>
> But from your directory structure i presume you have some sort of *nix
> system.
> So you have to reconfigure and rebuild PHP.

Ouch... first try installing the php gd module through whatever
package manager your *nix distribution uses. For instance, on Ubuntu
linux you'd do:

sudo aptitude install php5-gd

-robin

Quoting Robin Vickery <robinv@gmail.com>:

> On 10/04/2008, Thijs Lensselink <dev@lenss.nl> wrote:
>> Quoting Luca Paolella <luca.paolella@gmail.com>:
>>
>>
>> > How do I install/activate the GD library with my existing PHP version?
>> > I'm quite sure it isn't already, since I got this error:
>> >
>> > Fatal error: Call to undefined function imagecreate() in
>> >
>> /Volumes/Data/Users/luca/Library/WebServer/Documents/reloadTest/image.php
>> on
>> > line 6
>> >
>> > Please forgive my ignorance, and thanks for your
>> >
>> >
>>
>> On windows it's as easy as downloading the dll from pecl4win.php.net.
>>
>> But from your directory structure i presume you have some sort of *nix
>> system.
>> So you have to reconfigure and rebuild PHP.
>
> Ouch... first try installing the php gd module through whatever
> package manager your *nix distribution uses. For instance, on Ubuntu
> linux you'd do:
>
> sudo aptitude install php5-gd
>

Ouch? That's exactly what i added to my post "Make sure GD is installed
on the system."

On 10/04/2008, Thijs Lensselink <dev@lenss.nl> wrote:
> Quoting Robin Vickery <robinv@gmail.com>:
>
>
> > On 10/04/2008, Thijs Lensselink <dev@lenss.nl> wrote:
> >
> > > Quoting Luca Paolella <luca.paolella@gmail.com>:
> > >
> > >
> > > > How do I install/activate the GD library with my existing PHP version?
> > > > I'm quite sure it isn't already, since I got this error:
> > > >
> > > > Fatal error: Call to undefined function imagecreate() in
> > > >
> > >
> /Volumes/Data/Users/luca/Library/WebServer/Documents/reloadTest/image.php
> > > on
> > > > line 6
> > > >
> > > > Please forgive my ignorance, and thanks for your
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > On windows it's as easy as downloading the dll from pecl4win.php.net.
> > >
> > > But from your directory structure i presume you have some sort of *nix
> > > system.
> > > So you have to reconfigure and rebuild PHP.
> > >
> >
> > Ouch... first try installing the php gd module through whatever
> > package manager your *nix distribution uses. For instance, on Ubuntu
> > linux you'd do:
> >
> > sudo aptitude install php5-gd
> >
> >
>
> Ouch? That's exactly what i added to my post "Make sure GD is installed
> on the system."

Making sure GD is installed on the system is a very sensible thing to do.

The "ouch" was aimed at the suggestion that if you're on a *nix
system, the course of action is to recompile php. Normally these days
you'd just install the gd module (the equivalent of your windows dll)
through your package manager.

-robin

Quoting Robin Vickery <robinv@gmail.com>:

> On 10/04/2008, Thijs Lensselink <dev@lenss.nl> wrote:
>> Quoting Robin Vickery <robinv@gmail.com>:
>>
>>
>> > On 10/04/2008, Thijs Lensselink <dev@lenss.nl> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Quoting Luca Paolella <luca.paolella@gmail.com>:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > > How do I install/activate the GD library with my existing PHP version?
>> > > > I'm quite sure it isn't already, since I got this error:
>> > > >
>> > > > Fatal error: Call to undefined function imagecreate() in
>> > > >
>> > >
>> /Volumes/Data/Users/luca/Library/WebServer/Documents/reloadTest/image.php
>> > > on
>> > > > line 6
>> > > >
>> > > > Please forgive my ignorance, and thanks for your
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > On windows it's as easy as downloading the dll from pecl4win.php.net..
>> > >
>> > > But from your directory structure i presume you have some sort of *nix
>> > > system.
>> > > So you have to reconfigure and rebuild PHP.
>> > >
>> >
>> > Ouch... first try installing the php gd module through whatever
>> > package manager your *nix distribution uses. For instance, on Ubuntu
>> > linux you'd do:
>> >
>> > sudo aptitude install php5-gd
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Ouch? That's exactly what i added to my post "Make sure GD is installed
>> on the system."
>
> Making sure GD is installed on the system is a very sensible thing to do.
>
> The "ouch" was aimed at the suggestion that if you're on a *nix
> system, the course of action is to recompile php. Normally these days
> you'd just install the gd module (the equivalent of your windows dll)
> through your package manager.
>

My bad! I always compile everything from source....

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 4:54 AM, Luca Paolella <luca.paolella@gmail.com> wrote:
> How do I install/activate the GD library with my existing PHP version? I'm
> quite sure it isn't already, since I got this error:
>
> Fatal error: Call to undefined function imagecreate() in
> /Volumes/Data/Users/luca/Library/WebServer/Documents/reloadTest/image.php on
> line 6

First, this is a server to which you have root access, correct?
You won't be able to install it otherwise, such as if you're on a
shared web host.

Secondly, what *NIX are you using? It looks to me like a
BSD-style system.... maybe MacOS?

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On Apr 10, 2008, at 5:15 PM, Daniel Brown wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 4:54 AM, Luca Paolella <luca.paolella@gmail.com
> > wrote:
>> How do I install/activate the GD library with my existing PHP
>> version? I'm
>> quite sure it isn't already, since I got this error:
>>
>> Fatal error: Call to undefined function imagecreate() in
>> /Volumes/Data/Users/luca/Library/WebServer/Documents/reloadTest/
>> image.php on
>> line 6
>
> First, this is a server to which you have root access, correct?
> You won't be able to install it otherwise, such as if you're on a
> shared web host.
>
> Secondly, what *NIX are you using? It looks to me like a
> BSD-style system.... maybe MacOS?
>
> --
> </Daniel P. Brown>
> Ask me about:
> Dedicated servers starting @ $59.99/mo., VPS starting @ $19.99/mo.,
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Yes, it's Mac OSX and I have root access on the machine; I just
checked my mail, so sorry for the delay