Perlmagick not finding a module

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

I have a problem with perlmagick not finding a module, then crahsing, how do i update the system so as perlmagick can find the modules, the error is below:-

# make
perl demo.pl
Can't load '/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/Image/Magick/Magick.so' for module Image::Magick: libMagickCore.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory at /usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/DynaLoader.pm line 203.
at demo.pl line 5
Compilation failed in require at demo.pl line 5.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at demo.pl line 5.
Out of memory!
Callback called exit at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Image/Magick.pm line 42.
END failed--call queue aborted at demo.pl line 5.
make: *** all Error 12

thanks
Andrew

www.arobcorp.com

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Re: Perlmagick not finding a module by almut (Canon) on Nov 08, 2008 at 03:27 UTC
You need to install the ImageMagick libraries from your distro's repositories. (The "Out of memory" is an unfortunate side effect of them not being found.)	[reply]
Re^2: Perlmagick not finding a module by WiseGuru (Initiate) on Nov 10, 2008 at 18:58 UTC
when you say 'distro', do you mean fedora, or imagemagick?	[reply]
Re^3: Perlmagick not finding a module by almut (Canon) on Nov 10, 2008 at 19:52 UTC
Fedora... or Suse, Debian, Ubuntu, etc. — For example, with Debian/Ubuntu you'd just run (as root) `apt-get install libmagickcore1` (or use synaptic, or aptitude). Note that there are other related packages like `libmagick10` and `libmagickwand1`, which you might need to install as well. Also, in case you're trying to build Perlmagick (as opposed to just getting to run a prebuilt version), you're going to need the respective `-dev` packages, too (those contain the header files). Finally, don't be confused by the fact that there's another whole set of similar packages for Graphics*Magick, which is a successor of ImageMagick... Clear as mud? ;) (From the top of my head I can't tell what the respective package names are in Fedora land, but maybe someone else can jump in...)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Perlmagick not finding a module by Anonymous Monk on Nov 08, 2008 at 04:23 UTC
http://search.cpan.org/src/JCRISTY/PerlMagick-6.40/README.txt See http://www.imagemagick.org/script/perl-magick.php for additional information about PerlMagick. See http://www.imagemagick.org/ for instructions about installing ImageMagick. Unix Binary Release Install from Unix Source	[reply]