---
title: "GD library compile from source: Debian Lenny"
date: "2010-08-12"
modified: "2013-03-04"
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It appears that various useulf functions, that my php applications need require you to compile the GD library from source. The steps below outline this procedure:

```
cd /usr/src
ls -al

apt-get source php5-gd
apt-get build-dep php5-gd
cd php5-5.2.6.dfsg.1/
nano debian/rules

cd php5-5.2.6.dfsg.1/
nano debian/rules
```

edit the line where it says:

```
gd=shared,/usr --enable-gd-native-ttf
change to
gd=shared --enable-gd-native-ttf
```

Then you need to compile the code and replace your existing module with the newly created one:

```
dpkg-buildpackage
updatedb
locate gd.so
mv /usr/lib/php5/20060613/gd.so /usr/lib/php5/20060613/gd.so~pkd
cp /usr/src/php5-5.2.6.dfsg.1/apache2-build/modules/gd.so /usr/lib/php5/20060613/
```

It's then usually advisable to restart apache so that you can see the changes.

References:\
<http://www.howtoforge.com/recompiling-php5-with-bundled-support-for-gd-on-ubuntu>