How do I go about enabling GD Support in a CentOS Installation?
asked Jan 26, 2012 at 20:35
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The thing that did the trick for me eventually was:
yum install gd gd-devel php-gd
and then restart apache:
service httpd restart
answered Aug 19, 2012 at 6:59
Nir AlfasiNir Alfasi
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- You need to find a repo that offers a GD lib matching your current php version. I've had great success using Remi Collet's repo for this purpose. In fact, I used it yesterday to update my php install to the latest 5.4.0RC6 version on my CentOS6 box.
- Once you've setup the repo it's a simple matter of running
sudo yum install php-gd - Of course, the usual things apply: make sure you restart apache after installing, etc.
answered Jan 26, 2012 at 20:39
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CentOs 6.5+ & PHP 5.6:
sudo yum install php56-gd
service httpd restart
answered Jun 30, 2016 at 7:44
Put the command
yum install php-gd
and restart the server [httpd, nginx, etc]
service httpd restart
answered Dec 26, 2017 at 19:26
Ivan FretesIvan Fretes
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For PHP7 on CentOS or EC2 Linux AMI:
sudo yum install php70-gd
answered Jan 2, 2020 at 4:48
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I should have paid more attention to the naming convention - even though I couldn’t find GD Library in IUS’s package list, it is there. I just ran:
sudo yum install php70u-gd
It wasn’t until I tried grabbing a list of all installed PHP packages that I noticed the naming convention was probably key. If anyone is curious about their own installation, you can run:
yum list installed *php*
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After some struggle trying to get the package right for centos it wound up being: yum install php-gd
The other packages are not available any more.
Note: this article only applies if your current PHP version has been installed by yum. If you custom compiled it from source, this will not work.
Verify PHP as installed by yum
An easy task, using yum. First step, see if it’s already installed.
[root@srv]# rpm -qa | grep php php-common-5.1.6-15.el5 php-cli-5.1.6-15.el5 php-5.1.6-15.el5 php-pdo-5.1.6-15.el5 php-mysql-5.1.6-15.el5
Install the GD library using yum
If the GD Library isn’t present in that list, it wasn’t installed on the server yet. Install it using yum.
[root@srv]# yum install php-gd Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories extras 100% |====================| 1.1 kB 00:00 updates 100% |====================| 951 B 00:00 base 100% |====================| 1.1 kB 00:00 addons 100% |====================| 951 B 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files primary.xml.gz 100% |====================| 81 kB 00:00 ########################################## 282/282 primary.xml.gz 100% |====================| 164 kB 00:00 ########################################## 374/374 primary.xml.gz 100% |====================| 853 kB 00:00 ########################################## 2458/2458 Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for php-gd to pack into transaction set. php-gd-5.1.6-20.el5_2.1.i 100% |====================| 17 kB 00:00 ---> Package php-gd.i386 0:5.1.6-20.el5_2.1 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.1.6-20.el5_2.1 for package: php-gd --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for php-common to pack into transaction set. php-common-5.1.6-20.el5_2 100% |====================| 21 kB 00:00 ---> Package php-common.i386 0:5.1.6-20.el5_2.1 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.1.6-15.el5 for package: php --> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.1.6-15.el5 for package: php-pdo --> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.1.6-15.el5 for package: php-mysql --> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.1.6-15.el5 for package: php-cli --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for php-pdo to pack into transaction set. php-pdo-5.1.6-20.el5_2.1. 100% |====================| 18 kB 00:00 ---> Package php-pdo.i386 0:5.1.6-20.el5_2.1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for php-mysql to pack into transaction set. php-mysql-5.1.6-20.el5_2. 100% |====================| 18 kB 00:00 ---> Package php-mysql.i386 0:5.1.6-20.el5_2.1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for php-cli to pack into transaction set. php-cli-5.1.6-20.el5_2.1. 100% |====================| 18 kB 00:00 ---> Package php-cli.i386 0:5.1.6-20.el5_2.1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for php to pack into transaction set. php-5.1.6-20.el5_2.1.i386 100% |====================| 19 kB 00:00 ---> Package php.i386 0:5.1.6-20.el5_2.1 set to be updated --> Running transaction check Dependencies Resolved ================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================= Installing: php-gd i386 5.1.6-20.el5_2.1 updates 113 k Updating for dependencies: php i386 5.1.6-20.el5_2.1 updates 1.1 M php-cli i386 5.1.6-20.el5_2.1 updates 2.1 M php-common i386 5.1.6-20.el5_2.1 updates 154 k php-mysql i386 5.1.6-20.el5_2.1 updates 84 k php-pdo i386 5.1.6-20.el5_2.1 updates 62 k Transaction Summary ================================= Install 1 Package[s] Update 5 Package[s] Remove 0 Package[s] Total download size: 3.7 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: [1/6]: php-pdo-5.1.6-20.e 100% |=========================| 62 kB 00:00 [2/6]: php-common-5.1.6-2 100% |=========================| 154 kB 00:00 [3/6]: php-gd-5.1.6-20.el 100% |=========================| 113 kB 00:00 [4/6]: php-mysql-5.1.6-20 100% |=========================| 84 kB 00:00 [5/6]: php-cli-5.1.6-20.e 100% |=========================| 2.1 MB 00:01 [6/6]: php-5.1.6-20.el5_2 100% |=========================| 1.1 MB 00:00 Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Updating : php-common ####################### [ 1/11] Updating : php-pdo ####################### [ 2/11] Updating : php-cli ####################### [ 3/11] Installing: php-gd ####################### [ 4/11] Updating : php-mysql ####################### [ 5/11] Updating : php ####################### [ 6/11] Cleanup : php-pdo ####################### [ 7/11] Cleanup : php-common ####################### [ 8/11] Cleanup : php-mysql ####################### [ 9/11] Cleanup : php-cli ####################### [10/11] Cleanup : php ####################### [11/11] Installed: php-gd.i386 0:5.1.6-20.el5_2.1 Dependency Updated: php.i386 0:5.1.6-20.el5_2.1 php-cli.i386 0:5.1.6-20.el5_2.1 php-common.i386 0:5.1.6-20.el5_2.1 php-mysql.i386 0:5.1.6-20.el5_2.1 php-pdo.i386 0:5.1.6-20.el5_2.1 Complete!
Easy going, isn’t it?
Restart Apache
Restart your apache, and you’re ready to rock.
[root@srv]# service httpd restart Stopping httpd: [ OK ] Starting httpd: [ OK ]
Simple as that!