>
you said you can compile zlib. I can, but make test issues errors.
Does yours? If yours doesn't, can you tell me exactly what you did?
> But I'm having trouble getting Lincoln Stein's GD.pm to install. I've
> tried
> using cpan.pm to do it and I've tried 'make' from the command line but I
> still get errors.
>
> If you have any tips on how you got GD.pm to work I'd really love to
> hear
> them.
Here is what I did for GD.pm.
1) edit the Makefile
change the LIBS line to LIBS=-lgd -lz -ljpeg
change INCLUDEDIRES=-I. -I/usr/local/include -I../jpeg-6b (or
wherever your jpeg tree sits - the make install for it doesn't put stuff
in /usr/local/include or lib
change LIBDIRS=-L. -L/usr/local/lib -L../jpeg-6b (again modified
by where you put the jpeg tree)
2) make - this will make ranlib complaints.
3) ranlib /usr/local/lib/*.a (and possibly in the jpeg dir)
4) make; make test; make install - this finishes fine for me, though I
have a link in /usr/local/man to /usr/share/man
> I also think the idea of posting directions and tips on installing each
> module is great. I have a website called "www.perlhelp.com" that we
> could
> use to post this kind of info. (I should have called it
> "iNeedPerlHelp.com"
> ;-)
>
> I'll set up a macosx directory and a simple upload script to post txt
> and
> html files for this if everyone agrees.
>
That would be great. I have a list of about a dozen I've had lesser or
greater success with.
> It's sure nice to have some people to learn about this with
Sure is!
Randal
