Enabling/installing GD extension? --without-gd

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How does one enable (or perhaps I need to install) GD when my phpinfo() output in "Configure Command" says; --without-gd ?

I also have nothing in my phpinfo() output "Core" that lists "gd"

PHP Version 5.2.4 on AWS.

I have same problem but I would like to remind question is not how to setup gd on terminal or how to restart your server question is after all if you can not see on phpinfo file gd support what should you do? one of answer on php.net [enter link description here](http://php.net/manual/en/image.installation.php) it says you should configure your php --with-gd="your diroctory path to gd" — Victor, Sep 12 '17 at 08:58

score 101 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 18 '20 at 15:09

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if you are on a Debian based server (such as Ubuntu) you can run the following command:

apt-get install php-gd

Then once it is complete run:

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

This will restart your server and enable GD in PHP.

If you are on another type of system you will need to use something else (like yum install) or compile directly into PHP.

edited Oct 18 '20 at 15:09

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answered Feb 17 '10 at 18:51

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There should be an "gd" section in the phpinfo(). Something like: GD Support enabled – Bob Fanger Feb 17 '10 at 19:40
@Shu - Did my suggestion end up working? Just wanting to see if that was the issue. – Shane Feb 18 '10 at 19:07
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On Redhat and variants including Fedora, the command is: `yum install php-gd` and then `apachectl restart`. – Octopus Jul 13 '17 at 22:18
extension=gd in php.ini without ; so uncommented in new php – SkorpEN Nov 25 '22 at 13:33

Sebastian Viereck · Answer 2 · 2022-09-22T06:10:38.367

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For PHP8 use (php8.1-gd are also available):

sudo apt-get install php8.0-gd

For PHP7.0 use (php7.1-gd, php7.2-gd, php7.3-gd andphp7.4-gd are also available):

sudo apt-get install php7.0-gd

and than restart your webserver.

sudo service nginx restart

or

sudo service httpd restart

edited Sep 22 '22 at 06:10

answered May 06 '16 at 12:41

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From a while now, every extension is now on Ubuntu aliased. IE `sudo apt-get install php-gd` refers to the running version. – Augusto Dec 02 '22 at 10:51

score 22 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 31 '16 at 14:51

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Check if in your php.ini file has the following line:

;extension=php_gd2.dll

if exists, change it to

extension=php_gd2.dll

and restart apache

(it works on MAC)

edited Mar 31 '16 at 14:51

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answered Mar 31 '16 at 14:46

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You don't even need to restart your webserver if you are on terminal – briankip Apr 26 '17 at 12:51
I don't have `php_gd2.dll` extention – Moeez Jan 25 '21 at 06:00
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In my case there's `extension=gd` and then `;gd.jpeg_ignore_warning = 1`, but no `;extension=php_gd2.dll`. As I [read](https://php.watch/versions/8.0/gd2-gd-windows), this is the case with PHP8. Still I get an error, despite `php -m` clearly showing `gd` extension is available. Odd. – s3c Mar 11 '21 at 14:25

score 17 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 24 '17 at 12:48

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In my case (php 5.6, Ubuntu 14.04) the following command worked for me:

sudo apt-get install php5.6-gd

According to php version we need to change the php5.x-gd

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answered Jan 24 '17 at 12:29

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score 14 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 22 '21 at 21:53

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PHP7 Or PHP8 For Windows:

Check if in your php.ini file has the following line:

;extension=gd

if exists, change it to

extension=gd

if not found, Add this

extension=gd

and restart apache

(it works on WINDOWS)

answered Aug 22 '21 at 21:53

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score 12 · Answer 6 · edited Sep 03 '18 at 07:35

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All previous answers are correct but were not sufficient for me on ArchLinux. I also needed to edit /etc/php/php.ini and to uncomment :

;extension=gd.so

The initial ; on the line needs to be removed. After restarting Nginx via systemctl restart nginx, I was good to go.

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answered Feb 16 '17 at 10:35

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Nice, 2019 here on arch, I had installed GD extension with `yay -S php-gd` but that didn't setup the php.ini/conf.d/gd.ini like it should have. Your tip worked. The AUR probably needs its build file updated to do that.3 minutes later... oh that package has been flagged as out of date, looks like `php70-gd` is the _one_. – Elijah Lynn Jul 31 '19 at 07:06
For php 7.3 open php.ini and ucomment `extension=gd2` – MattJamison Jun 30 '21 at 21:08

score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Jun 09 '18 at 13:32

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For php7.1 do:

sudo apt-get install php7.1-gd

and restart webserver. For apache do

sudo service apache2 restart

answered Jun 09 '18 at 13:32

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score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Jun 25 '19 at 13:13

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If You're using php5.6 and Ubuntu 18.04 Then run these two commands in your terminal your errors will be solved definitely.

sudo apt-get install php5.6-gd

then restart your apache server by this command.

 sudo service apache2 restart

answered Jun 25 '19 at 13:13

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score 2 · Answer 9 · answered Sep 30 '20 at 08:02

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I've PHP 7.3 and Nginx 1.14 on Ubuntu 18.

# it installs php7.3-gd for the moment
# and restarts PHP 7.3 FastCGI Process Manager: php-fpm7.3.
sudo apt-get install php-gd

# after I've restarted Nginx
sudo /etc/init.d/nginx restart

Works!

answered Sep 30 '20 at 08:02

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score 2 · Answer 10 · answered Jul 05 '22 at 08:42

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Enable gd via XAMPP in windows

First stop the server and go to config

Find the ;extension=gd

Remove the ; and save

and start the server then you will fixed the issue.

answered Jul 05 '22 at 08:42

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On production enviroment, you probably don't want to stop the service for that long. – Augusto Dec 02 '22 at 10:52

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Mar 24 '18 at 11:21

In CentOS (but the same may apply to other distros too) if you install the php7x-gd module followed by Apache restart and still the php -i does not show the GD Support => enabled it might mean that the php.ini was not automatically configured to support this extension.

All you have to to is either to edit the /etc/php/php.ini or to create a /etc/php.d/gd.ini file with the following content:

[gd]
extension=/path/to/gd.so # use the gd.so absolute path here

score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Jun 08 '22 at 12:41

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in my case:

I am using PHP 8 I had to search for ;extension=gd in my php.ini file. Then removed the ; and error has gone.

answered Jun 08 '22 at 12:41

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