Bugzilla – Bug 11371
no-cpan tgz file, instructs the user to do something that doesn't work
Last modified: 2009-03-23 09:35:14 UTC
it tells me to build the GD module, bug that doesn't seem to do anything... dan@dan-server:~/source/squeezecenter-7.4-25453-noCPAN$ /home/dan/source/squeezecenter-7.4-25453-noCPAN/Bin/build-perl-modules.pl GD Welcome to the Slim Devices perl module installer. These packages are needed for SqueezeCenter to function. You will need a C compiler (gcc), make, and perl installed. You will need development libraries for MySQL. eg: libmysqlclient You will need development libraries for expat. eg: libexpat1-dev *** Ignore any warnings about AppConfig. *** Please enter a perl binary to use (defaults to /usr/bin/perl) This must be the same perl binary that you ran this program with --> Please enter a directory to download files to --> /tmp Downloads will use lwp to fetch tarballs. All done! dan@dan-server:~/source/squeezecenter-7.4-25453-noCPAN$ ./slimserver.pl The following modules failed to load: GD To download and compile them, please run: /home/dan/source/squeezecenter-7.4-25453-noCPAN/Bin/build-perl-modules.pl GD Exiting..
Andy, I've never used the tarball before or this script... what about you, do you have any ideas?
build-perl-modules does not support GD as it is complicated to build. Manually install it using a package manager or CPAN.
i'm reopening this because if you aren't going to fix, you should at least change the instructions. I think as long as you instruct the user to do something that doesn't work, that's a bug.
I added it. Whether or not you can build it via this script is another matter, but it will at least try.