<p>I'm running MAMP 1.7.2 on a Mac and I'd like to install the extension php_gd2.  How do I do this?  I know that on Windows using WAMP I'd simply select the <code>php_gd2</code> entry in the extensions menu to activate it.  How is it done when using MAMP? I know that I can do it using MacPorts but I'd prefer not to make any changes to my default OS X PHP installation. </p>

[{'answer_id': 27352, 'author': 'jcoby', 'author_id': 2884, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2884', 'pm_score': 5, 'selected': True, 'text': "<p>You shouldn't need to install the extension.  I have 1.7.2 installed and running right now and it has GD bundled (2.0.34 compatible).</p>\n\n<p>From the MAMP start page, click on phpinfo and you should see a GD section.</p>\n"}, {'answer_id': 494823, 'author': 'Community', 'author_id': -1, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>php.ini for MAMP 1.7.2 is located:\nif using <strong>php5</strong>, here: <strong>/Applications/MAMP/conf/php5/php.ini</strong>\nif <strong>php4</strong>, here: <strong>/Applications/MAMP/conf/php4/php.ini</strong></p>\n\n<p>hope that helps...</p>\n'}]
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