Re: [GD-DEVEL] Could not find gdlib-config in the search path. Please install libgd 2.0.28 or higher.

hi,

You have to install GD2 and the development package as well to be able
to compile gd2's cpan module.

But why do you want to both compile it and install it via apt?

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Jason Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm trying to run
>
> cpan GD
>
> But when I do I get this error:
>
> =A0CPAN.pm: Going to build L/LD/LDS/GD-2.45.tar.gz
>
> **UNRECOVERABLE ERROR**
> Could not find gdlib-config in the search path. Please install libgd
> 2.0.28 or higher.
> If you want to try to compile anyway, please rerun this script with
> the option --ignore_missing_gd.
> Warning: No success on command[/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=3Dsi=
te]
> Warning (usually harmless): 'YAML' not installed, will not store
> persistent state
> =A0LDS/GD-2.45.tar.gz
> =A0/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=3Dsite -- NOT OK
> Running make test
> =A0Make had some problems, won't test
> Running make install
> =A0Make had some problems, won't install
> Could not read '/root/.cpan/build/GD-2.45-3xHanD/META.yml'. Falling
> back to other methods to determine prerequisites
>
> I'm running on Ubuntu server 10.04 and have installed libgd-gd2-perl as f=
ollows
>
> apt-get install libgd-gd2-perl
>
> and now I am at a loss what do to.
>
> I've posted the problem on the Ubuntu forums
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=3D1639891 and the
> http://www.geniustrader.org/ developer mailing list (I need cpan GD
> for GeniusTrader) but so far nothing useful has been suggested to me.
>
> Help.
>
> Jason
>
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Pierre

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