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Driver (intervention\image\drivers\gd\driver) could not be instantiated. laravel 10

Ravindra Kumar

The error:

Driver (intervention\image\drivers\gd\driver) could not be instantiated.

means that Intervention Image v3 (which you’re likely using with Laravel 10) cannot find or instantiate the GD driver.

1. Install GD or Imagick PHP extension

Make sure you have GD or Imagick PHP extension installed and enabled.

Check GD (on your server or local):

 php -m | grep gd

If it doesn’t show up, you need to install GD:

For Ubuntu/Debian:


sudo apt install php-gd
sudo service apache2 restart # or php-fpm restart depending on your setup

For Windows:

Edit your php.ini file and uncomment this line:
```
 extension=gd 
```

Then restart your server.

Ravindra Kumar

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