GD library is not installed - Error fix?

[Ruandl]

Hi everyone

So I get this error when I try to install Prestashop, "GD library is not installed" I have tried a lot of stuff but nothing has worked so far, any suggestions?

I use Windows hosting if that is of any use.

[Guest]

Is this on your own computer/ server si your hosting done by a hosting company?

 

For the GD library it is about your server setup , not prestashop as such. 

 

If you had whm / apache it is this

 

Login into WHM -> Software -> EasyApache [Apache Update]
2: During the build profile in step 5 you can find an option of set exhaustive list from where there will be one option of GD L:ibrary.
3: Select that option and rebuild the apache.
4: Restart cPanel and http services.

 

For Windows

In order to enable GD Library support for PHP on Windows server, follow the below mentioned steps:

1. First of all, make sure that php_gd2.dll file is present into the directory identified as extension directory in PHP folder.
2. If the above file is not present, then you need to download it from http://php.net/ and copy in the extension directory of PHP folder.
3. If the file is already present, then you need to enable php_gd2.dll extension from php.ini configuration file.
4. You can verify extension-dir through PHPINFO page. Following is the code for PHPINFO Page:
   <?php
   phpinfo();
   ?>

After performing all these steps, restart the IIS web server.

[Doulas Akula]

For Ubuntu:

 

Install gd library based on the php version you are running.

 

I was running php version 5.6

 

The following commands worked for me:

 

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install php5.6-gd

sudo service apache2 restart

[bellini13]

perhaps this helps.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7851011/how-do-i-install-gd-on-my-windows-server-version-of-php

 

as pointed out, this is not an issue with Prestashop, this is an issue that you do not have a required PHP component installed.  If the above does not help, then perform a google search on how to install GD library on windows