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How to enable GD in PHP5 on Debian / Apache

Debian comes with a package called php5-gd.

Type the following to install this package.

apt-get install php5-gd

Restart Apache.

Done.

Try running "apt-get update" if you get the following error:

Err http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main php5-gd 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny4
404 Not Found [IP: 130.89.149.225 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-gd_5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny4_i386.debĀ  404 Not Found [IP: 130.89.149.225 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

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