GD library is still missing after I installed it

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So I am creating a website for my virtual airline for xplane-11, and I came across this error:

Fatal error: Uncaught Exception: Required GD library is missing in /var/www/html/vam/captcha/simple-php-captcha.php:13 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/vam/index.php(15): simple_php_captcha() #1 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/vam/captcha/simple-php-captcha.php on line 13

I have libgd-dev installed on my ubuntu 20.04 and I also have all the extensions uncommented in my php.ini file in the etc/apache2/sites-available folder. I am really frustrated at this point and any help given will be thanked.

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 23 '20 at 17:18

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From the command line what do you get if you run

php -m | grep -i gd

If it returns

gd

Then the module is included and running in your version of PHP.

Otherwise I would try the following

apt-get install php-gd

Then run the php -m | grep -gd command again after restarting apache

answered Dec 23 '20 at 17:18

Scott McKeown

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I have done everything you said and its still not working – Aero Technology Dec 23 '20 at 17:24
What do the following commands output? `lsb_release -a` `apachectl -v` and a full `php -m` – Scott McKeown Dec 24 '20 at 15:54
I have fixed it! Thank you! It turns out that I installed the .so thing on the wrong place – Aero Technology Dec 27 '20 at 02:35
Hi Aero, thank you for letting us know. Did you build the packages from source then? – Scott McKeown Dec 29 '20 at 11:26
You have to specify the version number e,g, php7.4-gd – Shuaib Zahda Jun 15 '22 at 10:04

GD library is still missing after I installed it

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