GD is was much too painful to install.  It complains about everything.
However, I did finally got it working thanks to your tip Rasmus. Thanks. I
did have an older version of gd lying around on the box.

I manually removed all gd libs and headers from the server.  I recompiled GD
1.8.4 (I got tired of 2.0.1.  It kept complaing about truecolor) .  I then
copied my php configure script and then blew away the entire PHP source. I
found this was necessary.  There is probably another way around this.  But I
needed to be sure that some old stuff wasn't laying around.  I unpacked the
PHP tarball again. Ran configure script.  It worked...

I can really empathize with Chris.   I find coding PHP much easier than
Perl.  However< I am not willing to switch.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rasmus Lerdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Chris Mulcahy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 5:06 PM
Subject: RE: [PHP] Making gd Extensions


> That's quite a rational response...
>
> The most common problem people have when building GD support is that they
> download their own version of GD, but leave the system version of GD and
> PHP picks up the system header files instead of the desired ones and
> things get confused.
>
> Building PHP with GD on RH-6.2 should be quite trivial once you sit down
> and have a look at the error messages and the config.log file and work out
> why you are getting the clashes.
>
> -Rasmus
>
>
> On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Chris Mulcahy wrote:
>
> > Dennis:
> >
> > Unfortunately, no, I have not had any luck or even any responses to my
> > email.
> >
> > I have officially given up on PHP and have banned it from any system I
> > administer due to problems such as this.  Once you get past the mod_perl
> > compiling with Apache, all is well with Perl and extending it is easier.
> >
> > Too bad, really, because PHP is an elegant language that is easy to
> > develop in.  Compiling extensions, however, is an entirely different
> > matter.
> >
> > I wish you luck, if/when you resolve the problem, please be sure to post
> > the solution, there are still several unanswered requests for assistance
> > in the Google/Dejanews archives for this exact problem.
> >
> > Good luck and happy programming!
> > Chris Mulcahy
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dennis Moore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 2:00 PM
> > > To: Chris Mulcahy; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Making gd Extensions
> > >
> > >
> > > The problem I had was with the compilation of the gd program.
> > >  I installed
> > > an RPM version of gd from Redhat and recompiled.  It worked
> > > like a charm on
> > > RedHat v7.0.
> > >
> > > I am still working on the tarball version of gd.  The
> > > documentation says to
> > > play around the order of some of the settings in the makefile.
> > > Unfortunately, I have to work with a older version of RedHat on this
> > > machine. RedHat v6.2.
> > >
> > > Have you had any luck yet?
> > >
> > > /dkm
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Chris Mulcahy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 11:10 AM
> > > Subject: RE: [PHP] Making gd Extensions
> > >
> > >
> > > > So far, there have been no answers, so I'm guessing that
> > > either we're
> > > > the only two receiving this or everyone who has received it has been
> > > > unable to resolve the problem.
> > > >
> > > > My searches on Google have been unsuccessful so far.  There
> > > are quite a
> > > > few reports of the problem, but no responses.
> > > >
> > > > If I learn anything, I'll be sure to let you know.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Chris
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Dennis Moore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 8:59 PM
> > > > > To: Chris Mulcahy; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Making gd Extensions
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I am having a similar problem using gd-2.0.1 where the
> > > > > compilation complains
> > > > > about "conflicting type gdIOCtx".  I am getting a knot on my
> > > > > forehead from
> > > > > the wall in front of me.  Any ideas?
> > > > >
> > > > > /dkm
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Chris Mulcahy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 9:31 AM
> > > > > Subject: [PHP] Making gd Extensions
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The current item I'm wrestling with is the gd extensions.
> > > > > I've rebuilt
> > > > > > PHP and Apache so many times to enable one feature only to
> > > > > learn that I
> > > > > > forgot to recompile one that I'd relied on previously.
> > > It's a never
> > > > > > ending battle to get all of the features required.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The .so extensions option is a great feature that I'd like
> > > > > to make use
> > > > > > of.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In trying to compile the gd .so extension (gd-1.8.4), I'm
> > > > > receiving the
> > > > > > following errors.  Any ideas?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > Chris Mulcahy
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Making all in ext
> > > > > > make[1]: Entering directory
> > > > > > `/home/cmulcahy/transfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/ext'
> > > > > > Making all in gd
> > > > > > make[2]: Entering directory
> > > > > > `/home/cmulcahy/transfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/ext/gd'
> > > > > > make[3]: Entering directory
> > > > > > `/home/cmulcahy/transfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/ext/gd'
> > > > > > gcc  -I.
> > > > > -I/home/cmulcahy/transfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/ext/gd -I/home/cm
> > > > > > ulcahy/transfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/main
> > > > > -I/home/cmulcahy/transfer/webse
> > > > > > rver/php-4.0.6
> > > > > -I/home/cmulcahy/transfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/Zend -I/hom
> > > > > > e/cmulcahy/transfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/ext/mysql/libmysql
> > > > > -I/home/cmulc
> > > > > > ahy/transfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/ext/xml/expat/xmltok
> > > > > -I/home/cmulcahy/t
> > > > > > ransfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/ext/xml/expat/xmlparse
> > > > > -I/home/cmulcahy/tran
> > > > > > sfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/TSRM  -DSUPPORT_UTF8
> > > > > -DXML_BYTE_ORDER=12 -g -O2
> > > > > >   -c gd.c && touch gd.lo
> > > > > > gd.c:95: conflicting types for `gdIOCtx'
> > > > > > /usr/local/include/gd_io.h:18: previous declaration of `gdIOCtx'
> > > > > > gd.c: In function `php_if_imagecreatefromgif':
> > > > > > gd.c:1209: `gdImageCreateFromGif' undeclared (first use in this
> > > > > > function)
> > > > > > gd.c:1209: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> > > > > > gd.c:1209: for each function it appears in.)
> > > > > > gd.c: In function `php_if_imagegif':
> > > > > > gd.c:1404: `gdImageGif' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > > > > > make[3]: *** [gd.lo] Error 1
> > > > > > make[3]: Leaving directory
> > > > > > `/home/cmulcahy/transfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/ext/gd'
> > > > > > make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > > > > > make[2]: Leaving directory
> > > > > > `/home/cmulcahy/transfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/ext/gd'
> > > > > > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > > > > > make[1]: Leaving directory
> > > > > > `/home/cmulcahy/transfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/ext'
> > > > > > make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > > > > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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