GD library compile from source: Debian Lenny

Written by Peter Davies on 12 August 2010.

It appears that various useulf functions, that my php applications need require you to compile the GD library from source. The steps below outline this procedure:

cd /usr/src
ls -al

apt-get source php5-gd
apt-get build-dep php5-gd
cd php5-5.2.6.dfsg.1/
nano debian/rules

cd php5-5.2.6.dfsg.1/
nano debian/rules

edit the line where it says:

gd=shared,/usr --enable-gd-native-ttf
change to
gd=shared --enable-gd-native-ttf

Then you need to compile the code and replace your existing module with the newly created one:

dpkg-buildpackage
updatedb
locate gd.so
mv /usr/lib/php5/20060613/gd.so /usr/lib/php5/20060613/gd.so~pkd
cp /usr/src/php5-5.2.6.dfsg.1/apache2-build/modules/gd.so /usr/lib/php5/20060613/

It's then usually advisable to restart apache so that you can see the changes.

References:
http://www.howtoforge.com/recompiling-php5-with-bundled-support-for-gd-on-ubuntu

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