install php-gd ext on Debian

Question

I'm not able to install php-gd extension on my server.

I have php 7.2:

PHP 7.2.10-1+0~20181001133426.7+jessie~1.gbpb6e829 (cli) (built: Oct  1 2018 13:50:53) ( NTS )

and debian 8 linux:

Debian GNU/Linux 8

command to install GD extension:

sudo apt-get install php7.2-gd

and result:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libc-ares2 libnfsidmap2 libpcre16-3 libpcre32-3 libuuid-perl libv8-3.14.5 php-http-request php-mail-mimedecode php-net-dime php-net-url
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  php7.2-gd
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 27.5 kB of archives.
After this operation, 186 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 https://packages.sury.org/php/ jessie/main php7.2-gd amd64 7.2.10-1+0~20181001133426.7+jessie~1.gbpb6e829 [27.5 kB]
Err https://packages.sury.org/php/ jessie/main php7.2-gd amd64 7.2.10-1+0~20181001133426.7+jessie~1.gbpb6e829
  HttpError404
E: Failed to fetch https://packages.sury.org/php/pool/main/p/php7.2/php7.2-gd_7.2.10-1+0~20181001133426.7+jessie~1.gbpb6e829_amd64.deb  HttpError404

E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

any ideas how to fix it please?

Joey · Answer 1 · 2020-04-17T02:33:14.273

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The php-7.2-gd package isn't available in Debian repositories (yet). But that doesn't matter, of course you can install it anyway. There's a great website named DEB.SURY.ORG that packages different software into Debian and Ubuntu (especially PHP packages).

First, download the key to the package source:

$ sudo curl -s https://packages.sury.org/php/apt.gpg | sudo apt-key add -

Then create a .list file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/:

$ echo "deb https://packages.sury.org/php/ buster main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php.list

Then update and upgrade your distro:

$ sudo apt update -y && sudo apt dist-upgrade -y

Now you should be able to install the php7.2-gd package by running:

$ sudo apt install php7.2-gd

edited Apr 17 '20 at 02:33

answered Mar 24 '19 at 13:00

Joey

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More portable execution: ```curl -s https://packages.sury.org/php/apt.gpg | sudo apt-key add -``` – viktorkho Feb 11 '20 at 13:36
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Doesn't work with buster: ```Package php7.2-gd is not available, but is referred to by another package.``` – viktorkho Feb 11 '20 at 14:15
@viktorkho Sorry, you're right. I have updated my answer. **NOTE**: At that time `buster` was the codename for `debian-testing`, and that was the issue. Now, `buster` has become `debian-stable` and so, the above answer should provide an option how to get the `php7.2-gd` package installed. Tested on Debian Buster (stable), works. – Joey Apr 17 '20 at 02:26

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 26 '19 at 13:32

Run the following commands:

apt update
apt upgrade
apt install php7.2-gd

The error "Failed to fetch" because apt will try to use an outaded database to download/install an old (removed) version of php7.2-gd from sury repository.

In 08-Mar-2019 the php7.2-gd_7.2.10-1+0~20181001133426.7+jessie~1.gbpb6e829_amd64.deb is updated to a new version php7.2-gd_7.2.16-1+0~20190307202206.17+jessie~1.gbpa7be82_amd64.deb, the old version is removed, that's why apt fail to retrieve the information about the old package.

The Ondřej Surý repository is already configured correctly, apt doesn't show any error.

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