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How to get GIF support with Perl-GD library? (Can't locate object method "newFromGif") Francesco Moi 06-05-2007
Posted by Gunnar Hjalmarsson on June 5, 2007, 11:22 am
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Francesco Moi wrote:
> Using Perl v5.8.3 on Linux, I'm trying to install GD interface for
> Perl (made by Lincoln Stein).
> I installed GD, zlib, jpeg-6b and freetype from sources (the very last
> versions).
>
> When executing script, I get this error message:
> -----
> Can't locate object method "newFromGif" via package "GD::Image" at ./
> test.pl line 6.

What happens if you run:

perl -e 'use GD; print GD->VERSION'

The error message indicates that your version of the Perl GD interface
is too old (< 2.15) to work with GIF. In that case, upgrade GD.

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Email: http://www.gunnar.cc/cgi-bin/contact.pl

Posted by Francesco Moi on June 14, 2007, 12:31 pm
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> What happens if you run:
>
> perl -e 'use GD; print GD->VERSION'
>
> The error message indicates that your version of the Perl GD interface
> is too old (< 2.15) to work with GIF. In that case, upgrade GD.

[root@pc]# perl -e 'use GD; print GD->VERSION'
2.35

I think it's the very last version, isn't it?


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