Andrew McNaughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: *** My reply.
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Louis Selvon wrote: > On Sun, 10 Nov 2002, Louis Selvon wrote: > > > Hi Sluggers: > > > > I am trying to install the "GD" module on my server. > > > > I am encountering problems after running "make". > > > > The error I get is shown below > > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > LD_RUN_PATH="/usr/lib:/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib" gcc -o blib/arch/auto/GD/GD.so > > -shared -L/usr/local/lib > > GD.o -L/usr/lib/X11 -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/local/lib -lgd -lpng -lz > > -lfreetype -ljpeg -lm -lX11 > > -lXpm > > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lfreetype > > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > > make: *** [blib/arch/auto/GD/GD.so] Error 1 > > >Sounds like the install process is failing to find the > >freetype library. Is it installed? > > Hi Andrew. I just did a "locate freetype", a few things was returned. Is this > the one you mean though : > > /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 > /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.0.1 >That looks like libfreetype is at least partially there, but I suspect >your installation is incomplete. At best it's out of date. >I have the following (freebsd, installed most of a year ago): >/usr/local/lib/libfreetype.a >/usr/local/lib/libfreetype.so -> libfreetype.so.9 >/usr/local/lib/libfreetype.so.9 >I would expect that libfreetype.so is the file (or link) that perl will >be looking for, and you don't have it. You may be able to get away with >adding a symbolic link by that name to the library you have installed, >but unless there's a compelling reason not to mess with the existing >setup, I'd go for the latest version while you're at it. *** Where can I get the latest version , and if possible how do I install this one I get it ? > > If not where can I get this freetype thing. If yes sounds like I need to > modify "Makefile.PL" to get it from "/usr/lib". Right !! >I wondered about that, but also /usr/lib may be implicitly included. If >there is a problem of this sort you should look into your perl >installation's configuration rather than the Makefile.PL file. *** What is the Perl installation configuration ? Is it like the paths included in @INC etc ... ? > Also when I removed the "freetype" switch I got an error with "/usr/bin/ld: > cannot find -lX11" >Is X Windows installed? (eg it's not on the server whih is the only >machine I have ready access to from this cafe). I haven't used GD, but >I'd expect that it should be installable on a server with minimal X >stuff. >If X is there (`locate libX11`), then that supports the idea that it's >locating the directories that's the problem. *** Server returned: [root@ensim admin]# locate libX11 /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6.2 [root@ensim admin]# So it's installed, but again is the version out of date ? > Also What is the command to find the current version of "libgd" that is > installed ? >`locate libgd` and look at the version numbers in the file? Depending on >your distribution though it's probably better to look to the package >management system for answers if you can, because it may have >patches applied by your distribution's vendor or contributors. *** I found out the command to run and here is what I get for the current version: [root@ensim admin]# rpm -qa | egrep '^gd-' gd-devel-1.8.3-7 gd-1.8.3-7 [root@ensim admin]# When I did "make", it said that version 1.8.4 or higher is required. Mine does not say that. Where can I get version 1.8.4, and how is this installed ? I'd appreciate any more comments you have on this. Louis -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
