This is needed for OwnCloud. This article has a good description of the install process….

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-linux-install-or-add-php-gd-support-to-apache/

Commands for installing GD

Install GD via apt-get and then restart Apache

sudo apt-get install php5-gd



/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Verify GD is Loaded…

$ php5 -m | grep -i gd

Output should be “gd”

test.php

Alternatively create a test.php file using this code snippet…

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

Navigate to the page and look to see if GD works. Might be good to remove test.php after using it as it might be a security hole, not sure about this myself, but just a thought.