Re: [Fink-users] GD.pm in CGI

[Daniel Westermann-C. <afn...@af...>]

The line

use lib "/sw/lib/perl5/darwin/GD.pm";

is incorrect.  It should be

use lib "/sw/lib/perl5/darwin";
use GD;

For more information, see perldoc perlmod.

-Daniel Westermann-Clark

On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Michael Baudis wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> i have a problem with with the use of gd-pm in a CGI. Versions 1.33 and 
> 2.01 (just posted; I am the maintainer) work as local modules. But when 
> trying them in a CGI, I get the error:
> 
> Software error:
> Can't locate object method "new" via package "GD::Image" at 
> /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/cytodraw.cgi line 1004.
> 
> The CGI header starts:
> 
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> use CGI ':standard';
> print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
> use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);
> use lib "/sw/lib/perl5/darwin/GD.pm"; #direct path, because cannot find 
> library (?)
> 
> Is this a path problem, or Apache config etc.? Probably just a general 
> lack of knowledge on my side...
> 
> Help appreciated!
> 
> Michael.