Installing GD Perl module on Ubuntu 16
I'm trying to get the GD.pm Perl module installed on my server. I get this error when trying to install with cpanm
:
Please install libgd 2.0.28 or higher.
I did some research, and people suggest trying to run apt-get install perl-GD
, but as you can see from below it doesn't work:
root@mail:~# apt-get install perl-GD
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package perl-GD
I'm a bit stumped as to what else to try. I've already got the GD PHP module installed and working, so I would have thought they would be one and the same thing with the underlying software?
My server is Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS, with PHP 7 and Perl 5.22.1
Thanks!
Solution 1:
Eugh, and as if by magic (AGAIN!). I just found this post:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/324342/how-to-instal-perl-modules-gd-and-gdpolyline-in-debian
...and they suggest running:
apt-get install libgd-perl
Sure enough, that does the job. All working perfectly now. Maybe I should post my questions here first, instead of spending hours searching around, as it seems to be only then I find the answers ;)