Installing GD on my Apache/PHP/Mas OS X setup

[georgeocrawford]

Hi,

Desperately trying to add the GD library to my version of php on Mac OS X (Jaguar).

I have succesfully installed PHP 4.3.0 and the latest Apache server. phpinfo() comes up as expected - no problems.

What now? Can someone please point me to a SIMPLE (i.e. step-by-step) guide to adding the GD library and re-configuring the PHP module. I tried to follow the instructions here:

http://phpmac.com/articles/view.php?id=101

... but the final steps (build and install GD support, and add GD support to php) just resulted in errors like "./configure not found".

I also want to add truetype font support - how do I do that?

I know nothing about UNIX! I think I was supposed to add the GD library BEFORE installing PHP 4.3.0 - is that right? Having now done step 2 first, how can I add the GD library?

Any help would be great!

George

 

[sleipnir214]

To support truetype, you need to intall the freetype library. Then you can either install the GD library, or use the one that is bundled with PHP.

http://www.boutell.com/gd/

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[georgeocrawford]

Thanks.

What are the limitations (if any) of the bundled library? Or does it cover most of what GD can do?

Also, do I have to do anything to "use the one that is bundled with PHP" - i.e. do I have to configure a file, or something?

 

[sleipnir214]

Actually, the bundled GD library seems to be a partial superset of the one provided by Boutelle. I'm using it to generate graphics with TTF text on the fly, and it works for me.

I had problems getting PHP to compile using the Boutelle libraries, so I went ahead and used the bundled ones. Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

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