I wanted to report back that I now have everything working. I want to thank John among other for their help.
It appears that I was trying gd-2.0.34 (which contains libgd version 2) and GD-2.35 and for some reason that was not working. Tons of errors in the make test. After trying several approaches, I decided to "make clean" all my installs of version 2, removed all libgd located in my usr/local/lib and try version 1 of libgd. It took me a while to find the package, but I finally found gd-1.8.4 at www.boutell.com/gd/manual1.8.4.html and ran through the install. No errors! Installed GD-1.41 from CPAN and then of course the needed modules (GD::Graph, GD::Graph3d, and GDTextUtil). Everything install like a charm! I now how a full install and the graphics! Yippie!! It took a week, but we finally got there with some good help from everyone here. I would like to make a recommendation that those who need to download the GD modules check to make sure they are using version 1 of libgd. Version 2 is nothing but a headache. Kind Regards, Brad- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Peacock Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 7:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [dspam-users] WebUI Graphics Brad Hodges wrote: > Fair enough, I know I need to install them, and have earnestly been trying > too, however I have run into a major road block. When creating the make for > for GD 2.35 I am getting the following error message: > > PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" > "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t > t/GD..........Can't load './blib/arch/auto/GD/GD.so' for module GD: > ./blib/arch/auto/GD/GD.so: undefined symbol: gdImageGifAnimAddPtr at > /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/DynaLoader.pm line 230. > at t/GD.t line 14 This is during the *tests* of the Perl GD module. Your system libgd does not include GIF functionality (not surprising since it was until recently protected by a disputed patent). Start over from scratch (you may need to blow away the existing directory) and when you run 'perl Makefile.PL' answer "No" to all of the options that mention GIF. You should now be able to build and test the GD modules. Make sure that you also install the GD::Graph, GD::Graph3d, and GDTextUtil modules as well. HTH John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748 !DSPAM:45eece0c17811286817381!
