upgrading GD

[KilerCris]

I have Apache/MySQL/PHP and everything installed from the RH8.0 RPMs and I want to upgrade to GD2. Only way I've been able to find to get the version of GD in PHP up to 2 is to recompile EVERYTHING -- which I have not been able to do. I've been trying to recompile with apachetoolbox for 2 days and I just go from one error to another. I found an RPM for GD 2 and installed it but that didn't affect the PHP module. Thanks for any help.

[KilerCris]

Any help? Maybe a way to compile a DSO php extension for gd 2? I checked the HTTPD thread and it has libgd.so.1.8.4 even though libgd.so.2.0.0 is right there. I'm lost. Thanks.

[JediSthlm]

I was in the same position as you are, what I did was to recompile everything BUT you do not need to do that. As of this week RH have released both an up to date RPM for Apche and PHP. The PHP is 4.3 and in that version PHP has included the GD library v. 2+.

Hope it works out for ya´

JediSthlm

[KilerCris]

All I can find on RHN is an RPM for PHP 4.2.2 . I'd very much appreciate it if you could post a link.

[JediSthlm]

I´m sorry. I was mistaken about the PHP package. The I do not have any better solution for you other than recompile "everything"

If you are up to it this one worked for me:

http://php.zakachalka.com/php_compile.htm

Hope I do not ruin all your hopes. :)

JediSthlm

[KilerCris]

Hey thanks that helped a lot.