Re: Perl GD.pm Module
On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 09:37:51PM -0700, Kris Blackwood wrote:
> I have tried several different apt-gets to install the above
> referenced module.
>
> Would greatly appreciate the knowledge.
search the available packages file. the easiest way to do this is with
grep-available from the grep-dctrl package.
# apt-get install grep-dctrl
# grep-available -P gd -s Package | grep perl
Package: libgd-perl
Package: libgd-graph-perl
Package: libgd-graph3d-perl
Package: libgd-text-perl
looks like there are several related packages.
as a general rule, perl module packages are lib<SOMETHING>-perl. there
are exceptions, but not many (file a bug report if you find any).
failing that, use dselect or one of the console apt utilities to select
packages for installation - you can read the package descriptions to
find out what they are before installing.
craig
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