By newbies05 on

Hi,

I saw this in the admin "setting" page - "The built-in GD image toolkit requires that the GD module for PHP be installed and configured properly. For more information see http://php.net/image." Is it necessary to install this module for drupal to work? What happens if I don't install this module?

Thanks,

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sepeck commented

GD is a php image toolkit. If you want to use the built in image capablilities for image module, then you need to set your php up to use the GD libraries. You can use image majick but that requires additional work and configuration on your part.

You can use Drupal without it installed.

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newbies05 commented

Thank your for the tip. Would you happen to know any tutorial how to do that install/setup and how to use the library?

Thank you very much,

-Z

PhilB1961’s picture

PhilB1961 commented

Can you please let me know if you fixed your problem as I also need the same help.
I to am new to php and drupal and I am know totaly stuck.
phil@qldscuba.com