Problems in Ubuntu Server 8 with gd library

pirapp · Joined: 28 Mar 2007 Posts: 12

Hi.

I have installed the latest version of cacti with Ubuntu server 8. Cacti is running without a problem. But I can't make work Weathermap, because there is a problem with the GD library. I get an error in the Weathermap editor that the gd library isn't install.

I have already downloaded the libgd-xpm, php5-gd, libjpeg and the libpng, from aptitude.

I also downloaded the gd package from the site gd library site and compile it.

I'm run out of ideas.

Hope someone can help, please.

Thanks.

Howie · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject:

Be aware that on Debian and Ubuntu there are TWO different installs for php - one for command-line and one for the web server - and weathermap uses both. If you run check.php (in the weathermap folder) from the shell. you'll see that it uses /etc/php/cli/php.ini (or something like that), and if you go to http://www.yourserver.com/cacti/plugins/weathermap/check.php, you'll see that it uses /etc/php/httpd/php.ini.

I don't remember the exact paths, but check.php will tell you. Both of those need to have the extension= line, and the output from both check.php (web and shell) should show you no errors.

Also, run check-gd.php because some versions of Ubuntu have a buggy GD library too. Hopefully that is fixed in 8, but certainly Edgy (6) had this problem.