How To Install php-gd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-gd.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. php-gd.x86_64 is A module for PHP applications for using the gd graphics library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-gd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `php-gd.x86_64`

The php-gd package contains a dynamic shared object that will add support for using the gd graphics library to PHP.

We can use yum to install php-gd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install php-gd.x86_64.

Install php-gd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install php-gd.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install php-gd.x86_64

How To Uninstall php-gd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the php-gd.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove php-gd.x86_64

php-gd.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/php.d/gd.ini
/usr/lib64/php/modules/gd.so
/usr/share/doc/php-gd-5.4.16
/usr/share/doc/php-gd-5.4.16/libgd_COPYING
/usr/share/doc/php-gd-5.4.16/libgd_README

References

php-gd.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-gd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.