[Typo3-linux] debian and gd_with-gif

[ben van 't ende (netcreators)]

Hey Michael,

> > 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.

It is more meant for the backend. We built the site on our own RH system,
then dumped it on the debian machine,  and wrote a manual including images
for that. It is not such a big deal, but the generated icons (like the
'hidden' ones) look very different.

I can live with that!


GRTZ

ben