CentOS: installing a GD Library

Question

I'm running PHP version 5.3.5.

Now I need to install GD Library.

When I run: --> yum info php-gd, it says Missing php-common 5.1.6-43.el5_10.

php-gd-5.1.6-43.el5_10.x86_64 from updates has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: php-common = 5.1.6-43.el5_10 is needed by package php-gd-5.1.6-43.el5_10.x86_64 (updates)
Error: Missing Dependency: php-common = 5.1.6-43.el5_10 is needed by package php-gd-5.1.6-43.el5_10.x86_64 (updates)

php-common-5.3.5-1.el5.remi.1 is already installed in my server. I cannot verify why php-gd is depending on php-common-5.1.6.

How can I install GD library 5.3.5 in server without having to do upgrading to php version?

Thanks & Regards, Nge

Solution

What you are looking for, when you use the CentOS repositories, is php53-gd, not php-gd.

That said, it sounds like you have installed PHP 5.3 from another repo, so you'll likely want to make sure you're trying to install that repo's equivalent of php53-gd.

EDIT: Or make sure you're enabling that repo when you try to install the package.

Comments

[kmt]

When I run yum install php53-gd, it says "php53-common conflicts with php-common". Can you advise how can I make GD not pointing to repository php-gd?

[Ravi Kumar]

Seeing php-common-5.3.5-1.el5.remi.1 tells me you're using Remi Colette's repo. You could try yum --enablerepo=remi install php-gd in case it's disabled, as it is by default. I'm not sure if you can still install packages from PHP 5.3 though, as I see 5.4 when I try that.