Problems to Update GD Lib

Tomk

Hi Forum,

I have big Problems to update the GD Lib on my LAMP Server (Apache 1.13, PHP 4.2.2, GD 1.6.4 or higher, SuSE 8.1) to version 2.0.12. Anybody here who can help me with some hints or a howto ?

thanks
Tom

tsinka

Hi,

which problems do you exactly have ? To know that would it make easier to help you 🙂

Tomk

Ok, I would like to simply update the GD Library. I have installed a gd-2.0.12.rpm and in yast i see it. I'm looking for a howto or something.

Tom

tsinka

Hi,

in such cases I normally download the source php package and install it.

You will then have a mod_php4.spec in /usr/src/packages/SPEC.
You will have to install the packages listed in that spec file to ensure that the php module will rebuild correctly.

Then execute

rpm -ba /usr/src/packages/SPEC/mod_php4.spec

That will recompile php exactly as it was but would link against the new gd library. That will also ensure that the new php module will fit perfectly into the SuSE system layout.

Tomk

...but I have installed PHP 4.2.2 and I can't find any Sources for my version. Can I use the newest version ?

Or what can I else do ?

If you want, you can answer in german.

Thanx
Tom

tsinka

Hi,

did you install the php 4.2.2 rpm package. Then you can download the mod_php4-4.2.2-??.src.rpm from suse (ftp) and install it with rpm -i mod_php4-4.2.2-??.src.rpm.

It should be in /pub/suse/i386/8.1/suse/src or in
/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/src

It's on one of the cd's or the dvd also.

Tomk

I only find ...
mod_php4 (4.2.2)
mod_php4-core (4.2.2)
mod_php4-aolserver
mod_php4-devel
mod_php4servlet

Ay hints ?

Tom

tsinka

Hi,

did you look in the i586 directory ? The source packages are in the directory src.

On the ftp server the file is:

/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/src/mod_php4-4.2.2-215.src.rpm

Source packages are not listed if you use rpm --query to search for them.

Tomk

Thank you, I have dowloaded the rpm. One important thing I have forgotten to tell you. The machine on wich I will it use is a 1&1 Root server, pre-configured LAMP.

I don't know if they installed php4 as rpm, in yast there is no php4 rpm found. Should I install the src-rpm ???

What if PHP is not as rpm installed ???

[If you now think ... oh what a idiot... well that's right, I do my first steps in Linux and there is no know how possible this time but I'm working on it :-) ]

Tom

tsinka

Hi,

I definitively do not think "what an idiot" 😃

Installing php can sometimes be a very frustrating task.

To check the existing installation:

1)
do a rpm --query --all |grep php
you'll see if there is a php package installed or not.

2) create a phpinfo() script. On top of the output you can see how php has been compiled (configure options).

If there is no rpm package you might need to recompile stuff yourself.

Run configure in the source directory with exactly the same configure options shown on the phpinfo page.

You might need to install additional packages for some of the features supported by php (some ???-develop packages).

After running make you might either execute make install or if you don't want to mess up things copy the created shared library (or libraries if extensions have been compiled as shared) to the directory/directories where the original libraries reside.

It's very important to make a backup prior to installing stuff to be able to switch back to the original installation.

Hope this helps you a little bit 🙂

tsinka

Hi,

another tip:

if you execute

ldd libphp4.so
you can see against which libraries it has been linked. This is a way to check that it has been linked against gd 2.x.

Tomk

Ok, a rpm --query --all | grep php shows that :

mod_php4-4.2.2-168
mod_php4-core-4.2.2-168

And this is my phpinfo output :

System Linux amdsim7 2.4.19 #1 Mon Oct 28 13:34:58 UTC 2002 i686 unknown
Build Date Feb 2 2003 01:32:24
Configure Command './configure' '--prefix=/usr/share' '--datadir=/usr/share/php' '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--libdir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--with-_lib=lib' '--with-config-file-path=/etc' '--with-exec-dir=/usr/lib/php/bin' '--disable-debug' '--enable-bcmath' '--enable-calendar' '--enable-ctype' '--enable-dbase' '--enable-discard-path' '--enable-exif' '--enable-filepro' '--enable-force-cgi-redirect' '--enable-ftp' '--enable-gd-imgstrttf' '--enable-gd-native-ttf' '--enable-inline-optimization' '--enable-magic-quotes' '--enable-mbstr-enc-trans' '--enable-mbstring' '--enable-memory-limit' '--enable-safe-mode' '--enable-shmop' '--enable-sigchild' '--enable-sysvsem' '--enable-sysvshm' '--enable-track-vars' '--enable-trans-sid' '--enable-versioning' '--enable-wddx' '--enable-yp' '--with-bz2' '--with-dom=/usr/include/libxml2' '--with-ftp' '--with-gdbm' '--with-gettext' '--with-gmp' '--with-imap=yes' '--with-iodbc' '--with-jpeg-dir=/usr' '--with-ldap=yes' '--with-mcal=/usr' '--with-mcrypt' '--with-mysql=/usr' '--with-ndbm' '--with-pgsql=/usr' '--with-png-dir=/usr' '--with-qtdom=/usr/lib/qt2' '--with-snmp' '--with-t1lib' '--with-tiff-dir=/usr' '--with-ttf' '--with-freetype-dir=yes' '--with-xml' '--with-xpm-dir=/usr/X11R6' '--with-zlib=yes' '--with-gd=shared' '--with-openssl' '--with-curl' '--with-swf=./dist/' '--with-imap-ssl' '--enable-xslt' '--with-xslt-sablot' '--with-mm' '--with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs' 'i586-suse-linux'
Server API Apache
Virtual Directory Support disabled
Configuration File (php.ini) Path /etc/php.ini
Debug Build no
Thread Safety disabled

I have no libphp4.so on my system, I look in /usr/lib and in /usr/local/lib (this Folder is empty ???)

tsinka

Hi,

the so is in /usr/lib/apache (the extension modules are also there).

I forgot that to rebuild php you must install packages that you most probably don't want to install.

I think I have another solution for you, I'll post again later 🙂

tsinka

Where did you get the gd 2.0.12 rpm from ?

Tomk

http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/

tsinka

Hi,

did you get any messages about failed dependencies when you installed the gd package ?

Tomk

No, error messages.

tsinka

Hi,

the problem is that your php version has to be patched to support gd >= 2.x. That's a problem.

I created some php packages a few weeks ago with pdf support but they are linked against gdlib 1.8.4 so this wouldn't be sufficient for you.

There are two ways that make sense, one is more difficult:

1) do not build rpm packages, just build php by using the same configure options shown on the phpinfo page. That might require to install some additional packages. php 4.3.0 and php 4.3.1 come with a bundled gd lib 2.0.1. You can choose to use another gd lib like gd 2.0.12.

2) download the source package, merge the patch into the spec file and rebuild the package. That would also require to install additional packages but php would then fit perfectly into the SuSE system layout. And you can reinstall php with the packages with no pain at a later point.

If you only need a subset of the php functions it might be easier for you to omit that configure options but you'll miss them if you need them at a later time.

I normally like rebuilding the rpm packages more because you might break up dependencies when you just recompile and install php from source.

Sounds a little bit complicated, I know 🙁

tsinka

Hi,

the newly released php 4.3.2 comes bundled with gd 2.0.12. It might be worth a try 🙂

Tomk

Thank you for the informations. How can I "simply" install a new php Version. ? Is there a php 4.3.x rpm package or must I compile it ?

In Windows I only needed to copy one dll to the extension dir and put it in the php.ini. Is there a similar method for Linux (gd2.so) ??? If I use a gd2.so I can load it manualy with the dl() function. I need the GD2 only to resize images and thats all. Is there a simple method to become a gd2.so ?

Sorry, but I'm a Windows admin and these are my first steps with linux.

Tom