Install GD library and freetype on Linux

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C A Mc picture C A Mc · Jan 19, 2014 · Viewed 114.4k times · Source

I'm trying to use imagefttext. And I need to have GD library and/or freetype installed. I'm new to this kind of stuffs, How can I install GD library and freetype in Linux ?

Answer

Alireza Fallah picture Alireza Fallah · Jan 19, 2014

Installing GD :

For CentOS / RedHat / Fedora :

sudo yum install php-gd

For Debian/ubuntu :

sudo apt-get install php5-gd

Installing freetype :

For CentOS / RedHat / Fedora :

sudo yum install freetype*

For Debian/ubuntu :

sudo apt-get install freetype*

Don't forget to restart apache after that (if you are using apache):

CentOS / RedHat / Fedora : 

sudo /etc/init.d/httpd restart

Or

sudo service httpd restart

Debian/ubuntu :

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Or

sudo service apache2 restart

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