installing GD library

[elvisparsley]

I run the XAMPP which has php 5.2.5.
I want to run gd library. I went to http://no.php.net/manual/en/book.image.php to learn how to install it.

It says "To enable GD-support configure PHP --with-gd[=DIR], where DIR is the GD base install directory. "

But I don't understand which php file I need to change and where I should put GD library.

Could anyone help me to install it please?

Thanks in advance.

[bpat1434]

If you're running windows, just uncomment the line ";extension=php_gd.dll" in php.ini by removing the ";" before "extension". Then restart apache. If you're running *nix, you'll have to recompile php and use the --with-gd=/path/to/gd switch.

[user@host php]$ ./configure --with-gd=/usr/local/bin/gd