gd - C library for the dynamic creation of images HOWTO

ChangeLog


2023-12-14	- 2.3.2 -> 2.3.3
		- Updated Slackware packages list with 15.0
2021-04-01	- 2.2.5 -> 2.3.2
		- Removed prerequisite libvpx
		- Added prerequisite Raqm
2018-11-26	- 2.1.0 -> 2.2.5
		- Added repository and Wikipedia page links
		- Removed GD from Mercurial section
		- Home page http to https
		- Removed http://libgd.bitbucket.org/ link
		- Updated Slackware versions list with 14.1, 14.2,
		  removed older than 13.37
		- Changed fontconfig link from site to HOWTO
		- Changed libjpeg to libjpeg or libjpeg-turbo
		- Added prerequisite link for libimagequant
2016-07-15	- Notes about the current and not current web sites
2013-07-18	- Updated Slackware note for 14.0
		- 2.0.35 -> 2.1.0
		- Install everything where Slackware does rather than
		  under /usr/local
2012-03-08	- Added instructions for getting it from the bitbucket
		  repository
		- Updated Slackware note for 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1 and 13.37,
		  removed older
2007-08-25	- 2.0.34 -> 2.0.35
		- Updated Slackware note for 12.0
2007-06-01	- Changed home page URL from
		  http://www.boutell.com/gd/
		  to
		  http://www.libgd.org/
		  (new maintainer)
		- Removed gawk, sed, grep links (now at the top)
		- 2.0.33 -> 2.0.34
		- Added uninstall instructions at the bottom
		- Added Slackware note
Jul 11, 2005	- Removed make, gcc, binutils, and fileutils/coreutils links
		- Rearranged options to shut up new version of find
		- Moved source directory (see note <a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>)
		- root.root -> root:root, run when $UID = 0
Dec 22, 2004	- 2.0.28 -> 2.0.33
		  (and FYI, 2.0.28 restored gif support)
		- Minor updates to prerequisites: links to XFree86/X.org and
		  fontconfig, more about what's optional and what's not
		- Added note about removing shared library files
Jul 27, 2004	- 2.0.27 -> 2.0.28
Jul 14, 2004	- 2.0.26 -> 2.0.27
Jun 8, 2004	- 2.0.23 -> 2.0.26
May 6, 2004	- 2.0.22 -> 2.0.23
Mar 17, 2004	- 2.0.21 -> 2.0.22
Jan 30, 2004	- 2.0.15 -> 2.0.21
Sep 12, 2003	- Noted that xpm, an optional prerequisite, comes with X
		- Added (obvious) prerequisites
Aug 6, 2003	- Fixed a typo
		- Set the perms of created ~/install dir to 0700
		- Changed it to run a plain './configure' and moved the
		  extra parameters to a note about how to build a 'lean' GD
Jul 10, 2003	- Updated libjpeg link to point to my howto
Jun 5, 2003	- 2.0.12 -> 2.0.15
Apr 9, 2003	- 2.0.11 -> 2.0.12
Feb 3, 2003	- 2.0.10 -> 2.0.11
Jan 14, 2003	- 2.0.9 -> 2.0.10
		- Added prerequisites list
		- Set to only build png support (with notes and links
		  about the others)
Dec 31, 2002	- 2.0.8 -> 2.0.9
Nov 25, 2002	- 2.0.6 -> 2.0.8
Nov 14, 2002	- 2.0.4 -> 2.0.6
Oct 30, 2002	- 2.0.1 -> 2.0.4 (now considered the stable version)
		- Moved version 1.8.4 to the bottom, marked it (old)
		- Updated removal of previous version(s)
		- Clean up old shared library files
Oct 10, 2002	- Changed ftp URL for the gd2 patch to http
Sep 28, 2002	- First entry

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