Comments on: Adding GD Library for Mac OS X Leopard

By: cthrall.com » Blog Archive » Installing GD PHP Extension on a MacBook Pro

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:08:38 +0000

[...] I’ve got XCode installed on my MBP, so you’ll need that. Then, follow the instructions in this great post. [...]

By: Yokiyoki

Yokiyoki — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:21:29 +0000

Simply absolutely plain perfect Thank you very very very much for this real time saver tutorial.

By: Torgeir

Torgeir — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:13:52 +0000

I had the same problem as almost everybody through these comments.. everything installed, nothing happened.

Apache error_log gave /usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613/gd.so’ – (null) in Unknown on line 0, while PHP command line gave dyld: NSLinkModule() error
dyld: Symbol not found: _php_sig_gif
Referenced from: /SourceCache/php-5.2.4/ext/gd/modules/gd.so
Expected in: flat namespace.

I first installed everything on a first generation MacBook (i.e. 32-bit) then attempted on one of the new MacMinis (64-bit). The MacBook install worked on the first attempt, while the MacMini tok some attempts. After realizing it was a 64-bit, I gave it another try using the other instructions and sudo-ing every command.. No luck.

Doing a software update grabbing PHP-5.2.5, and using this source instead of the PHP-5.2.4, I decided to enable the sudo user through the Directory Utility’s Edit menu and logging in using sudo su. I followed the 64-bit instructions one last time, and it works like a charm:)
Great work guys!

By: 1003

1003 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:58:44 +0000

sudo -s gives you a root terminal session until you type exit or quit. the step to enable root user is not necessary.

By: 1003

1003 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:49:43 +0000

CLI and php.ini extension errors: an easy solution that does not require a php.ini file with disabled extensions is to invoke

php -n

the -n option skips the php.ini file and works for example with bake.php of the cakephp framework.

By: Katy Web Designer

Katy Web Designer — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:04:40 +0000

A simpler solution to the CLI issue is make a php-cli.ini file with GD disabled and your command line PHP should work as expected. No recompile and Apache’s version of PHP has GD working.

By: MacH4ck

MacH4ck — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:59:16 +0000

Great article and Great instructions. Thank you

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GD Lib « ไร้สาระ — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:01:57 +0000

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