[windsorlad]

Was just wondering if anyone has managed to install the GD::graph module,as I have been trying to install it but whenever i do, it asks for libgd so i downloaded it and tried to install it, but was unable to. So was wondering if anyone had any success

Thanks

[Chas]

What OS are you trying to install it on? I installed it on Windows XP and Redhat 7.something and it went fine. What error(s) are you getting when you try to install?

~Charlie

[windsorlad]

Im trying to install it onto windows xp, but i dont know really where to start. Ive downloaded the package and then tried to follow the instructions adn it says to run the makemsvcimport.bat
which i do but it comes up with the following message

'lib' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Done. You can now link to the bgd.lib import library from MSVC.

Do i need to install somethnig else before i install gdwin32
any help would be greatly appreciated

thanks

[Chas]

Have you tried to install via PPM?

Code:

C:\>ppm install GD-Graph

That should install all the modules and DLLs for you.

~Charlie

[Hermannjens]

im having the excact same problem as the original poster,
but gd::graph does not exist in ppm.

How does one install this libgd?

Thanks,
Hermann

[curbview.com]

Originally Posted by Hermannjens

im having the excact same problem as the original poster,
but gd::graph does not exist in ppm.

How does one install this libgd?

Thanks,
Hermann

Are you using Active State? If so, locate your Perl folder. Locate your lib folder. Place the latest copy of the module there in the appropriate sub folder of gd. YOU'RE DONE...

[davejwil]

Hello,

My 1st post here and I stumbled across this site for this particular reason.

I'm not a programmer by profession and am self-taught in PERL, so am lacking in many areas. I've previously looked into this and gave up but only recently thought I'd give it another go. I have obtained a new version of 'ActivePERL' and found it a nice program, successfully downloading and installing over 80 packages. It was quite straight forward using the PPM program.

However the GD package wasn't available through this channel. I was wondering if somebody could enlighten me on the significance of the 'FAILED' references to it in the following page:

http://ppm.activestate.com/BuildStatus/5.8-G.html

The 'FAILED' status also applies to the 5.6 version and appears to be the same situation 'Hermannjens' has recently posted. Under what circumstances would a PASS occur? Excuse my total ignorance but does this require somebody with more computing nous than me to compile it [version 2.35] and kindly make it available to others? My other attempts weren't profitable, along the lines of the other posts, and I attribute this to my patchy knowledge of what is required. The ActiveState PPM program has given me a bit of confidence, but the one package I was most interested in, has so far failed me.

Many thanks for allowing me to pose this question to you all.

Cheers,

Dave.

[curbview.com]

Try imagemagick instead of GD.

[davejwil]

Many thanks 'curbview' but unfortunately I effectively have the same problem. I have a copy of the book 'Perl Graphics Programming' which I bought a while ago when my initial interest was there, and Image::Magick is an option since the book considers it as well. A glance at the book indicates that it was kindly written by John Cristy, and hunting it down it appears to go under the name 'PerlMagick' with the latest version being 6.24. But I have the same problems with it as I have with GD. It isn't available in PPM and the Build Status in ActiveState:

http://ppm.activestate.com/BuildStatus/5.8-P.html

like the GD option, also comes up with 'FAIL'.

Any other options? I'd like to start at the bottom with regards to difficulty and I suspect GD and Image::Magick are good places to start. I've downloaded the TAR file and unzipped. Tried running Makefile.PL and it came up with a lot of references to the 'usual' no library found etc which gets me and seemingly a few others, back where we started from.

There appears to be an assumption in the notes that I read about installing these packages, of more knowledge than I have. I reckon I only need to be able to do it once or twice and it would sink in, but I just struggle to get that far. Is there a 'dummies guide' step-by-step instruction somewhere?

Thanks,

Dave.

[Hermannjens]

'Are you using Active State? If so, locate your Perl folder. Locate your lib folder. Place the latest copy of the module there in the appropriate sub folder of gd. YOU'RE DONE...'

Im using activestate.
And whats the appropriate subfolder of GD for the gd::graph folder?
I dont even have a gd folder under c:/perl/lib/.