Hi, and thanks for all your help so far. My program is running
beautifully now, and I would like to add some data graphs. I read
about GD::Graph, which tells me I need GD::Text::Align, which I learn
is actually in GD::Text, plus the plain old GD. Then when I read the
README in GD, it tells me that Mac OS X users must install some subset
of seven additional items for GD to work, all from different web
sites. Here is that list:
2. Make sure you have downloaded and installed the following
packages:
a. Perl 5.6.0 or higher:
http://www.perl.com/
b. The gd graphics library:
http://www.boutell.com/gd/
c. The PNG graphics library:
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
d. The zlib compression library:
http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
(OPTIONAL)
e. The FreeType font rendering library for TrueType fonts:
http://www.freetype.org/
f. The JPEG library, version 6b or later:
ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg/
g. The XPM library, a standard part of modern X Windows
distributions. If you don't have a modern
version of X, don't try to get XPM working.
Must I really install the 3 modules plus the libraries b, c, d, and f
above just to draw a simple jpg scatter plot? I don't even know how
to install a library, just a module. When they say "library" in the
README, do they really mean "module"?
The same goes for most of the other tantalizing modules I've been
reading about and wanting to install... It needs THIS, which needs
THIS and THIS, one of which needs THESE... I am so confused.
Worse yet, godaddy.com, where i plan to host the site, tells me that
they only support the standard Perl modules that come with Perl these
days, so I will have to install them locally and keep them in some
sort of directory tree, I guess.
I wouldn't bother you with the question, but its been hounding me for
some time now. Help, please. Thanks in advance.
Inventor
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