26242 - Instructions for installing the GD Perl module

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Bugzilla :: Bugzilla-General, defect, P3)

Description

[Simeon H.K. Fitch]

In the README file under the installation section, you might want to point out
and reference all of the dependencies that  the GD Perl module has (libgd,
libpng, etc) even though they are listed in the GD Perl module readme. This will
make it easier to download all of the necessary items before doing the install.

Comment 1

[Terry Weissman]

[e-mail] is the new owner of Bugzilla and Bonsai.  (For details,
see my posting in netscape.public.mozilla.webtools,
news://news.mozilla.org/38F5D90D.F40E8C1A%40geocast.com .)

Comment 2

[Chris Yeh]

i think this is fixed.

Comment 3

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

In search of accurate queries....  (sorry for the spam)

Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This isn't in fact fixed. Question is: do we want to fix it?

Gerv

Comment 5

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

it's a doc thing...

Comment 6

[Matthew Barnson]

Put a note into the Bugzilla Guide for this dependency.  Here is the text of the
note:
The Perl GD library requires some other libraries that may or may not be
	    installed on your system, including "libpng" and "libgd".  The full
requirements
	    are listed in the Perl GD library README.  Just realize that if compiling
GD fails,
	    it's probably because you're missing a required library.

Comment 7

[Matthew Barnson]

Fixed and checked in; going into the particulars of installing the base GD
libraries is beyond the scope of Bugzilla documentation, however, there is now a
blurb about why your GD compilation might fail (including library dependencies),
with a pointer to the GD readme.
Resolving.

Comment 8

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

This can't have been fixed in 2.16 since we haven't released 2.14 yet. :)  Based 
on the fix date, this was fixed in 2.12.

Comment 9

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

Moving closed bugs to Bugzilla product