RE: [GD-DEVEL] Problems using GD.pm: Can't load GD.so for module GD: libgd.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

What are the advantages of 2.0.34 over 2.0.33?

With respect to my problem, I installed gd from source and by default it
went into /usr/local/lib, whereas GD.pm expected it to be in /usr/lib.
I reinstalled using the --prefix option and everything appeared to go
well...

Thanks
Mick

-----Original Message-----
From: Pierre [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: 10 April 2007 23:35
To: michael watson (IAH-C)
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [GD-DEVEL] Problems using GD.pm: Can't load GD.so for
module GD: libgd.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
directory

Hi Michael,

On 4/10/07, michael watson (IAH-C) <[email protected]> wrote:
> Following on from my libpng issues, which have now been solved by
> installing libpng-devel and libjpeg-devel, I have now come across
issues
> with GD.pm, which apparently relate to the way I have installed the gd
> library itself.
>
> I installed gd-2.0.33 as so:
>
> gunzip < gd-2.0.33.tar.gz | tar xvf -
>
> ./configure --with-png --with-jpeg
> make install
>
> Why 2.0.33 I hear you ask?  Well, 2.0.34 requires a version of
Autoconf
> that is not available for my version of Red Hat, so I downgraded to
> 2.0.3.3

You should really use 2.0.34, especially if you use gd on a public
server (like with perl). You can install a more recent version of
autoconf manually and add it in your path (like in your home), the
same applies to automake.

> Now, I also installed GD.pm so:
>
> cd ../GD-2.35
> perl Makefile.PL
> make
> make install
>
> That succeeded, but all the tests in "make test" failed miserably.  If
I
> try and load GD in perl:
>
> perl
> use GD;
> Can't load
> '/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/GD/GD.so'
> for module GD: libgd.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such
file
> or directory at
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/DynaLoader.pm line 229.
>  at - line 1
> Compilation failed in require at - line 1.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at - line 1.
>
> I did a bit of googling and there seemed to be a suggestion that I
> should specifically compile gd for sharing, but I have no idea how to
do
> that and couldn't find it in the INSTALL docs....
>
> Any help?

How have you installed the libgd? It looks like it was not installed
at all or not in the default path. Be sure that "gdlib-config" is in
your path, it is used by the module Makefile.

--Pierre