How to install php5-gd on ubuntu?

Question

I'm running ubuntu 10.04.

I just ran the command,

sudo apt-get install php5-gd

but it gave me this error

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  php5-gd: Depends: php5-common (= 5.3.2-1ubuntu4) but 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.5 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

When tried an apt-get install on php5-common, but it says i already have the most recent version. How do i install php5-gd?

Additional Info Here's what I see after doing a sudo apt-get update | grep main

Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/ stable/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources
Get:5 http://dl.google.com stable/main Packages [1,093B]
Get:6 http://dl.google.com stable/main Packages [737B]

ooshro · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-23T02:14:18.957

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Update package index files(current php5-common 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.7):

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install php5-gd

Check follow string in /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted

Fix:

$ sudo -s
# echo "deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
# echo "deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
# apt-get update
# apt-get install php5-gd

edited Feb 23 '11 at 02:14

answered Feb 23 '11 at 00:42

ooshro

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the update went fine, still getting the same error with installing php5-gd. – John Feb 23 '11 at 01:18
@John add output "apt-get update | grep main" – ooshro Feb 23 '11 at 01:29
ok, I did it and appended the output to the Additional Info in my question. Thanks ooshro! – John Feb 23 '11 at 01:51
@John You need add lucid-security and lucid-updates repository – ooshro Feb 23 '11 at 02:18
Make sure you restart apache server. Worked for me only then. – Sean May 15 '17 at 04:32

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 23 '11 at 00:41

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you probably just forgot to do sudo apt-get update

if that doesnt work for you try sudo apt-get update && apt-get -f install

if that doesnt work either you probably messed up your sources of something

last ultima ratio which is not recommended is to force it by something like dpkg -i --force-depends-version but you should rather try to fix the issue.

without more information i unfortunately cant help you any further.

answered Feb 23 '11 at 00:41

The Shurrican

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i tried running both sudo apt-get update lines which worked, but still getting the same error with the php5-gd. I'm not sure how to use the dpkg command....is it used in conjunction with the sudo apt-get install php5-gd command? – John Feb 23 '11 at 01:20

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