[Typo3-linux] debian and gd_with-gif

[Michael Stucki]

Hi Ben,

> A customer of mine has got a Debian system and a TYPO3 system running ok.
> The only thing is that there is no gif-support. I have got several RH
> systems and that is no problem for me. I don't have experience with
> Debian. Is there some solution like with the RPM's for Debian as well? Or
> would it be simplest to just use Lars's LAMP package?

Debian has no GIF (write) support in their whole distribution (I think you
know the cause of this?!).

This is no problem to me since PNG is a great (and working!) alternative.
Our company site runs on a Debian server. All images are stored as PNGs.

If your client implicitly wants GIF images you'll have to look out for
another solution (which could be difficult):

- Use  the png-to-gif function of TYPO3 (see install tool). This works using
Imagemagicks 'convert' command. Although the shipped Imagemagick has also
no GIF support, of course. But it should be quite easier to rebuild IM with
GIF support than doing it with PHP-GD

- Compile the PHP-GD module with GIF support (never tried that - may be
difficult. If you really want that I could offer you my help at least for
trying it...)

You should really not use the installer of Lars since this breaks the whole
Debian package management (its big advantage!). We did many tests already
for making TYPO3 work almost perfect with the standard (shipped) versions.

BTW: Make sure to use Woody and only Woody! (this is Debian 3.0 - currently
declared as the 'stable' release)

2nd tip: Make sure to install the package 'php4-gd2', not 'php4-gd' (the
older one)!

Cheers - michael