Perl GD module won't install -

Question

I\'m trying to figure out why I can\'t get the GD perl module to install on my Debian 7 server. Here is how I installed the core stuff:

Answer 1

The error you are getting is

Unknown option: installdirs
Usage: perl Build.PL [options]

cpan expects Build.PL to pass its arguments to Module::Build, but GD has a funky Build.PL. Let's "fix" it.

Execute the following from a temporary directory:

wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/L/LD/LDS/GD-2.56.tar.gz
  -or-
curl -L http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/L/LD/LDS/GD-2.56.tar.gz >GD-2.56.tar.gz

tar xvzf GD-2.56.tar.gz
cd GD-2.56
perl -i~ -pE'say "Getopt::Long::Configure(qw( pass_through ));" if /GetOptions/;' Build.PL
/usr/bin/perl Build.PL --installdirs site
sudo ./Build.PL installdeps
./Build.PL make
./Build.PL test
sudo ./Build.PL install