CPAN modules install problem?

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

I'm trying to install GD.pm on a Linux box (Cobalt RaQ) and get the following:

 cp qd.pl blib/lib/qd.pl
cp GD.pm blib/lib/GD.pm
AutoSplitting blib/lib/GD.pm (blib/lib/auto/GD)
/usr/local/bin/perl -I/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.0/mips-linux -I/usr/loc
+al/lib/per
l5/5.6.0 /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.0/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap /usr/loc
+al/lib/per
l5/5.6.0/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap typemap GD.xs > GD.xsc && mv GD.xsc
+ GD.c
cc -c -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/gd -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE
+ -D_FILE_O
FFSET_BITS=64 -O2     -DVERSION=\"1.27\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.27\" -fpic -
+I/usr/loca
l/lib/perl5/5.6.0/mips-linux/CORE  GD.c
GD.xs:7: gd.h: No such file or directory
make: *** [GD.o] Error 1
  /usr/bin/make  -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Oops, make had returned bad status
Running make install
  Oops, make had returned bad status
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Any idea what's happening or how I can get it to build? Most of my other modules build fine, but I can't seem to get GD or Image::Magick to install at all.

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Re: CPAN modules install problem? by btrott (Parson) on Jun 14, 2000 at 03:24 UTC
Did you install the GD library? GD.pm is a Perl frontend to the GD C library, which you must read about, download, and install, before installing GD.pm. It's here. Here are the full installation instructions for GD.pm. And if you tried to install Image::Magick w/o first installing ImageMagick, the same thing applies.	[reply]
Re: CPAN modules install problem? by Aighearach (Initiate) on Jun 15, 2000 at 00:02 UTC
The key here is the CASE. As is often the case of Perl frontends to C libs, the Perl version has caps. So GD can't find gd.h, that should tell you it's not a perl problem, it's a C library problem. Another example of the CASE insanity is Gimp, with is the perl frontend to gimp. Paris Sinclair \| 4a75737420416e6f74686572 pariss@efn.org \| 205065726c204861636b6572 I wear my Geek Code on my finger.	[reply]