perl nightmare

[Ed Wilts]

On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 07:18:25AM -0700, James D. Parra wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> What is the *best* method to load perl modules?
> 
> I am trying to load the GD module from CPAN with;
> 
> perl -MCPAN -e shell
> cpan> install GD
> 
> ..., but I get a fist full of errors (below),

Good timing for your question - I was fighting this one last with GD night.
Short answer:  Install from DAG's archive:
http://dag.wieers.com/packages/
I installed perl-GD, perl-GD-Graph and perl-GD-Text-Util and my test
programs worked fine.

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Ed Wilts, RHCE
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