I tried apache toolbox once on linux and found it much more difficult than necessary. But as far as I know, GD is compiled into php by default, you just have to uncomment the module in the php config file. You can install the php gd module as an rpm. In fact, all of the packages install nicely as rpms, and you don't need to compile anything or use apache toolbox. Apache toolbox would only be needed to use a newer gd library than is included with the rpm versions.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Tobin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 11:46 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP-INST] Why is installing PHP+GD+MySQL+Apache on > Linux so hard? > > > I've managed to sell my boss on Linux. I've managed to sell > my boss on > PHP/Apache/MySQL as a stack, with the help of the wonderful FoxServ > install package for Windoze. I've just helped him install > the stack on > Linux, and I can practically hear him rethinking his previous > enthusiastic position on these technologies. > > Watching a newbie go through the install process made me realize just > how painful it is. > > Now, maybe the pain is mainly my own fault. I tried to find the > shortest path to a working stack, and settled on Apache Toolbox. Was > this a mistake? Is there an easier way to get a full stack running > starting from a SUSE or Red Hat personal installation? > > > -- > PHP Install Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Install Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
