Re: Re: Re: Malformed HTML output

How did the install of GD fail? Did the compile fail, or did something like just one of the tests fail? If it was just some lame little test that failed then you probably got a message like "will not install without force", in which case you can go into your .cpan directory (or whatever dir you specified for building modules) and do "make install" so as to forcibly install it. Of course, if it broke at some earlier stage it may have been because you're missing some other program/library for which it is a wrapper, in which case forcing an install is decidedly not the right thing to do.

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Malformed HTML output by simX (Novice) on Jul 24, 2003 at 23:09 UTC
No, it made a bunch of errors when trying to install GD. I successfully installed GD with fink, but I still can't get the CPAN installer to recognize it, so the Chart::Plot installation fails because it requires GD. Arg. Maybe you know how to fix that, too? That would be awesome.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Malformed HTML output by skyknight (Hermit) on Jul 24, 2003 at 23:43 UTC
I just tried to install GD on a machine running Perl 5.00503, and the compiler barfed. Then I tried it on a machine running Perl 5.008 and the compiler barfed there too. I don't know how to fix this, but I can tell you what the issue most likely involves: C compiler flags. When you configure and compile perl, it makes a Config.pm file that contains the correct compiler options to use. On the former of my two above mentioned system, this file lives at the /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux/Config.pm location. If you do "perldoc -l Config" that will probably tell you where yours lives. You might have to tweak this. :-/	[reply]