In this how to you will learn to compile PHP5 With Bundled Support For GD On Ubuntu.

To install the required packages and download the source code for PHP5:

Install build tools, debian helpers and fakeroot:

#apt-get install build-essential debhelper fakeroot

Source code should reside in /usr/src:

#cd /usr/src

Download PHP source:

#apt-get source php5

Install all packages required to build PHP5:

#apt-get build-dep php5
#cd php5-5.2.3

• Now a package is compiled is set within the files contained in the debian directory of a package.
• Rules for configuring the compile process can be found in debian/rules. In this file there is a line that reads –with-gd=shared,/usr –enable-gd-native-ttf \. This links to the Ubuntu distributed version of LibGD as a shared library.
• It is part of the autoconf script that customises the compilation of PHP. We  replaced this line with –with-gd=shared –enable-gd-native-ttf \.
• This causes the compilation process to use the bundled version of GD and make a shared library.

Once the package has been reconfigured it can be compiled and installed by:

Build the php5-* packages:

#dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
#cd ..

Now let`s install the new php5-gd package

#dpkg -i php5-gd_5.2.3-1ubuntu6.3_i386.deb

 Quick restart

#/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

and hey presto, you should be using the bundled version of LibGD for PHP. Hurrah!