---
title: "Breaking: #111107 - Require PHP extension gd"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:breaking-111107-1792227470"
source: "Changelog/15.0/Breaking-111107-RequirePHPGdExtension.rst"
typo3-version: "15.0"
typo3-major: 15
type: "breaking"
issue: 111107
forge: "https://forge.typo3.org/issues/111107"
tags: ["PHP-API", "NotScanned", "ext:core"]
rendered: "2026-10-27T20:58:30+00:00"
---

# Breaking: #111107 - Require PHP extension gd {#breaking-111107-1792227470}

See [forge#111107](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/111107)

## Description {#description}

The PHP extension `gd` is required by the Composer package
`typo3/cms-core`. Before, the package only suggested it, although the
Install Tool has listed the extension as required for a long time and
GIFBUILDER draws with it.

## Impact {#impact}

Composer refuses to install TYPO3 into a PHP environment without the
extension `gd`.

## Affected installations {#affected-installations}

Composer based installations whose PHP lacks the extension `gd`. The
installation process, the Install Tool "Environment Status" and the reports
module already report it as missing in these installations.

## Migration {#migration}

Provide the extension in the PHP environment. On a Debian or Ubuntu based
Linux host, this is typically done with a command similar to this:

```bash
sudo apt install php8.5-gd
```