Where do I put libgd?

einet89 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi monks, I'm completely new to coding and would greatly appreciate your advice on this(probably trivial) problem. I wanted to install the GD module, and when I input cpanm GD, it spit out this:

cpanm (App::cpanminus) 1.7004 on perl 5.016003 built for MSWin32-x64-m
+ulti-thread
Work directory is C:\Users\einet89/.cpanm/work/1399023717.4388
You have make C:\Perl64\site\bin\dmake.exe
You have LWP 6.05
Falling back to Archive::Tar 1.96
Searching GD on cpanmetadb ...
--> Working on GD
Fetching http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/L/LD/LDS/GD-2.53.tar.gz
-> OK
Unpacking GD-2.53.tar.gz
Entering GD-2.53
Checking configure dependencies from META.json
Configuring GD-2.53
Running Makefile.PL
Set up gcc environment - gcc.exe (rubenvb-4.5.4) 4.5.4
Notice: Type perl Makefile.PL -h for command-line option summary.

'gdlib-config' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
**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 th
+e option --ignore_missing_gd.
-> N/A
-> FAIL Configure failed for GD-2.53. See C:\Users\einet89\.cpanm\work
+\1399023717.4388\build.log for details.
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I figured I had to install something called libgd, so I googled it and found something named libgd-2.1.0.tar.gz Where do I have to put this file?

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Re: Where do I put libgd? (strawberry) by Anonymous Monk on May 02, 2014 at 10:19 UTC
Where do I have to put this file? StrawberryPerl already comes with libgd and GD, see http://strawberryperl.com/release-notes/5.18.2.2-64bit.html Also, no you can not use ppm to install GD, see http://code.activestate.com/ppm/GD, its missing :)	[reply]
Re^2: Where do I put libgd? (strawberry) by Bloodnok (Vicar) on May 02, 2014 at 10:42 UTC
Your assertion regarding libgd being contained by Strawberry perl is undoubtedly true for 5.18.2, but the questioner is asking about 5.16.3 - is it true for that version as well ? Given the observed problem, that self-evidently isn't true, so that isn't of much use to the OP. That being said, a quick google for `libgd strawberry perl` came up with this as the second hit. UPDATE: Added google search result. A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Where do I put libgd? (strawberry) by syphilis (Archbishop) on May 02, 2014 at 11:00 UTC
but the questioner is asking about 5.16.3 - is it true for that version as well That was my first thought, too ... but Strawberry 5.16.3 does provide GD-2.49 (according to http://strawberryperl.com/release-notes/5.16.3.1-64bit.html). And then there's the question of the missing gdlib-config. Strawberry 5.18.2 provides gdlib-config.bat, and I would've expected 5.16.3 to do the same (unverified). I'm actually wondering whether the OP is, in fact, running Strawberry Perl. Anyway ... if it's Strawberry Perl, then the OP should already have GD installed, and if it's ActivePerl then installing via PPM should work: `ppm install http://www.sisyphusion.tk/ppm/GD.ppd --force` [download] Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Where do I put libgd? (strawberry) by Bloodnok (Vicar) on May 02, 2014 at 11:05 UTC
Re: Where do I put libgd? by Anonymous Monk on May 02, 2014 at 11:31 UTC
Thanks for all your help guys, "ppm install http://www.sisyphusion.tk/ppm/GD.ppd --force" also caused an error for some reason, so I just erased what I had and replaced it with strawberry perl, and I got to do what I wanted to.	[reply]
Re^2: Where do I put libgd? by syphilis (Archbishop) on May 02, 2014 at 15:06 UTC
"ppm install http://www.sisyphusion.tk/ppm/GD.ppd --force" also caused an error for some reason Hmmm ... I get: `Unpacking GD-2.49...ppm install failed: Can't extract files from C:\Us +ers\sisyphus\AppData\Local\Temp\ppm-DoOKcP/GD-2.49.tgz` [download] Dunno what's going on there. I'll have to try and sort out that ... bugger !! Good that you got your problem sorted anyway :-) Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Where do I put libgd? by syphilis (Archbishop) on May 03, 2014 at 00:57 UTC
I'll have to try and sort out that ... bugger !! Well ... that was easy. Everything's working fine this morning - no need for me to take any action at all. I have no idea what was going on. The error message's reference to a ".tgz" file instead of the more usual ".tar.gz" is a little suspicious. I'm guessing the web hosting company did something that led to the problem ... and then subsequently un-did it. No good asking them about that - they're as secretive as a national security organisation, and as ruthless faik. Cheers, Rob	[reply]
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