Libraries GD and libgd

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

Hello every one: I will try to install the library GD in Perl, I ran the MakeFile.pl and say me this error: **UNRECOVERABLE ERROR** Could not find gdlib-config in the search path. Please install libgd 2.0.28 or higher. and say me that install libgd, I download libgd-2.1.1, but I don't understand how install libgd-2.1.1, for that MakeFile.pl can to found the libraries freetype, jpeg, png,....... how I can to install libgd-2.1.1? I have windows 7-32 bit and active perl 5.2 Regards.

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Re: Libraries GD and libgd by dasgar (Priest) on Nov 19, 2015 at 21:15 UTC
Doing a Google search for "gd windows" shows Gd for Windows as the first result. That page provides a link to download the binary installer to install GD on a Windows system. I would recommend trying that route for installing GD. Alternatively, if you're willing to use a different Perl distribution, Strawberry Perl's 5.20.3.1 32-bit release already includes the GD module (see the release notes).	[reply]
Re: Libraries GD and libgd by sam_bakki (Pilgrim) on Nov 20, 2015 at 10:30 UTC
Hi In Active Perl, Use PPM to install modules. Refer : http://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.12/faq/ActivePerl-faq2.html?_ga=1.17166782.68147076.1409118444 Thanks & Regards, Bakkiaraj M My Perl Gtk2 technology demo project - http://code.google.com/p/saaral-soft-search-spider/ , contributions are welcome.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Libraries GD and libgd by Anonymous Monk on Nov 20, 2015 at 10:41 UTC
FWIW, no 5.20 version can be found at http://www.sisyphusion.tk/ppm/GD.ppd, http://code.activestate.com/ppm/GD/, http://www.bribes.org/perl/ppm/GD.ppd	[reply]
Re^3: Libraries GD and libgd by Ricsato (Initiate) on Nov 21, 2015 at 02:56 UTC
Thanks every one!, the solution was to install Strawberry Perl!! cheers.	[reply]