Error with GD::Simple

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

I tried to draw an image,chart using perl.
I used GD::Simple; from cpan.
But i am getting error as

ld.so.1: drawlines.pl: fatal: relocation error: file /opt/perl5.8/lib/
+site_perl/5.8.8/sun4-solaris/auto/GD/GD.so: symbol gdFontGetSmall: re
+ferenced symbol not found
Killed
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can any one help me how to resolve this error. Thanks,
srins

2006-06-06 Retitled by jeffa, as per Monastery guidelines
Original title: 'How to solve this error'

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Re: Error with GD::Simple by derby (Abbot) on Jun 06, 2006 at 13:29 UTC
You need to either set your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable to the location of libgd.so or you need to do the solaris method for updating default library locations (on linux, that would mean editing /etc/ld.so.conf). -derby	[reply]
Re: Error with GD::Simple by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Jun 06, 2006 at 14:02 UTC
If you didn't understand derby's response, the first question is "Have you installed GD?" - if you haven't, then you need to do that. Unless you're the sysadmin, you need to ask the person who administers the machine you're on to install it for you. My criteria for good software: Does it work? Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?	[reply]