[Mapserver-users] perl mapscript 3.6.5

[Slaven Rezic]

Thorsten Fischer <thfischer at mapmedia.de> writes:

> On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 00:46, mapsurfer wrote:
> > My setup is a freebsd4.6 machine, perl 5.6.1, gcc 2.x, etc.
> > When I try to install mapscript on 3.6.5, it seems to compile and install
> > fine, but when I try to "use" it,
> > I get an error about an "Unresolved: gdImageGif".  If I use the same
> > "configure" on an older version
> > (my good ol 3.3_012), it runs fine.  gd-1.8.4 is installed
> 
> http://www.boutell.com/gd/manual1.8.4.html
> 
> GD 1.8.4 does not support GIF images. With 3.3 you probably used the GD
> version that came with the mapserver package, and not the other one
> installed on your system.
>

As a side note: I released GD::Convert at CPAN which provides GIF
input/output for GD without GIF support. You need either netpbm or
ImageMagick for this to work.

Regards,
	Slaven

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