Has anyone managed to install the GD module for Perl (5.10) on Windows (Win7)? Note that unfortunately this is neither ActivePerl nor Strawberry Perl; instead, it is a self-compiled using MinGW.
I have unpacked the GD library in C:\Opt\GDlib. There are bin, lib and include directories.
I have MinGW tools sitting in C:\Opt\MinGW\bin\*.exe, including gcc and mingw32-make.exe (but no plain make).
I'm running the Microsoft script to set up INCLUDE, LIBPATH and LIB.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin\vcvars32.bat"
If I don't do this, the following Windows libraries are reported missing when I run perl Makefile.PL:
oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib netapi32.lib uuid.lib ws2_32.lib mpr.lib winmm.lib version.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib msvcrt.lib
After running the Microsoft script, only the following is reported:
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lfreetype
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -ljpeg
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lpng
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lz
That warning persists even when I add C:\Opt\GDlib\bin to PATH so the GD binaries will be found.
I'm then not even sure which make to call: mingw32-make, dmake, or some make that might still be missing? Here's the error output I'm seeing:
C:\.cpan\build\GD-2.46-baFt6a :: mingw32-make mingw32-make: *** No rule to make target `C:\epages\Perl\libConfig.pm', needed by `Makefile'. Stop. C:\.cpan\build\GD-2.46-baFt6a :: dmake dmake.exe: Error: -- `C:\epages\Perl\libConfig.pm' not found, and can't be made
I'd be thankful for anyone who can shed light on what I'm supposed to do here. I suspect I'm missing the basics of how to compile using MinGW on Windows.
UPDATE - Following Neil's suggestion to give TDM-GCC a try
Here's the screen output. Still no success, but I guess it's just me ignoring some trivialities. In the end, the GD module has been built for both Strawberry and ActiveState, so there definitely is a way.
vsvars32
set path=%path%;C:\Opt\GDlib\bin
cpan
Then in the cpan shell:
cpan[1]> look GD
CPAN: Storable loaded ok (v2.18)
Going to read \.cpan\Metadata
Database was generated on Wed, 25 May 2011 13:37:34 GMT
CPAN: YAML loaded ok (v0.72)
Going to read \.cpan\build/
............................................................................DONE
Found 13 old builds, restored the state of 11
Running look for module 'GD'
Trying to open a subshell in the build directory...
Working directory is \.cpan\build\GD-2.46-baFt6a
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.
C:\.cpan\build\GD-2.46-baFt6a :: perl Makefile.PL
Notice: Type perl Makefile.PL -h for command-line option summary.
Der Befehl "gdlib-config" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder
konnte nicht gefunden werden.
**UNRECOVERABLE ERROR**
Could not find gdlib-config in the search path. Please install libgd 2.0.28 or higher.
If you want to try to compile anyway, please rerun this script with the option --ignore_missing_gd.
C:\.cpan\build\GD-2.46-baFt6a :: perl Makefile.PL --ignore_missing_gd
Der Befehl "gdlib-config" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder
konnte nicht gefunden werden.
Where is libgd installed? [/usr/lib] C:\opt\gdlib
Please choose the features that match how libgd was built:
Build JPEG support? [y]
Build PNG support? [y]
Build FreeType support? [y]
Build GIF support? [y]
Build support for animated GIFs? [y]
If you experience compile problems, please check the @INC, @LIBPATH and @LIBS
arrays defined in Makefile.PL and manually adjust, if necessary.
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lfreetype
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -ljpeg
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lpng
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lz
Writing Makefile for GD
C:\.cpan\build\GD-2.46-baFt6a :: which mingw32-make
C:\Opt\MinGW32-TDM-GCC\bin\mingw32-make.EXE
C:\.cpan\build\GD-2.46-baFt6a :: mingw32-make
mingw32-make: *** No rule to make target `C:\epages\Perl\libConfig.pm', needed by `Makefile'. Stop.
