How to install GD library with Strawberry Perl

Question

I am attempting to install the GD library using Strawberry perl and GnuWin32. However, when I enter "install GD" in the CPAN shell, the following message appears:

'gdlib-config' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. **UNRECOVERABLE ERROR** Could not find gdlib-config in the search path. Please install libgd 2.0.28 or higher.

I believe perl is having difficulty locating the GD library installed at C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin, but I am not sure how to fix this. I am still new to perl, so any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Your error is confirmed on cpan testers.

Looks like you need to manually compile and install gdlib.

Answer 2

Which version of Strawberry Perl are you using? I am using the one bundled with Padre and GD came with it:

C:\opt> perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 0) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=MSWin32, osvers=5.2, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
    uname='Win32 padre 5.10.0.7.beta_1 #1 20 i386'
...

And:

C:\opt> perl -MGD -Mfeature=say -e "say $GD::VERSION"
2.44

Answer 3

If you make sure that C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin is in your PATH variable ($PATH? %PATH%? I'm not sure which one GnuWin32 uses) before you start CPAN, the installer should find the gdlib-config program and you will at least be able to get through that step of the installation.

Answer 4

Run 'Makefile.PL' manually. It will show you list of parameters. Try running it with parameter "-lib_gd_path".

GD may be included in Strawberry 5.10.1.0 beta. A good place to ask is irc://irc.perl.org/#win32 IRC channel.