[TYPO3-debian] libgd and php4 from dotdeb.org

[Alexander Schories]

Good morning Mathias,

> 
> Hello Alexander,
> you definitely made my day...:-)

Thanks!

Seems as if we both can`t sleep, but do "server stuff" early in the morning
instead.. :D

> > Try to remove any existent installations with:
> >
> > apt-get remove --purge php4-gd php4-gd2
> > php4-gd_any_other_package_still_installed_on_your_system
> 
> Done and reinstalled and it worked.
> BTW the first time for me on Linux, that this procedure - 
> let's call it
> the "the general Windows way of solving problems" - was necessary and
> succesful!
> 
> Looking at php.ini it turned out, that the extension was not enabled
> there the first time (no entry).

Let`s agree upon that it`s not the "Windoze way of solving problems" in
general, because sometimes after many upgrades (esp. from
unstable/experimental or backports) old extensions are left in php`s
extension folder (which then conflict with the new one) or - as in this case
- the appropriate php.ini-entry will not be set automagically by apt. In
those cases a forced purge of old stuff is quite handy. The difference to
windoze is: apt will still do it all for you! Only in ultra rare cases a
user has to look around on the disk on his/her own. Even then, one still
knows where to look and what to look for - in windoze those "registry keys &
.dll-hell" would probably drive you mad in such a case.. :)

Thank you once again for your response and happy typo3 times! :)


Kind Regards

Alexander Schories
Tuebingen, Germany


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