Try installing to a more basic lib directory: change your Makefile.PL line to:

perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/home/xxx LIB=/home/xxx/lib
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As for your static question, I looked at the GD sources, and didn't see an easy way to do that. There is no ./configure script. You might try copying the gcc line from the Makefile, and inserting -static as an option to gcc.