Re: cpnam GD error

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in reply to cpnam GD error

Make life easier on yourself, stop using ActiveState perl. Download Strawberry, which already has GD in addition to many other commonly used modules, and a sensible development environment.

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Re^2: cpnam GD error by perlfan (Vicar) on May 27, 2020 at 07:36 UTC
Or better yet, use perl via docker or virtualbox. In looking to see if App::perlbrew worked on windows (couldn't really tell), I found an article about something called berrybrew that's supposed to do the same thing under Strawberry Perl. Usually when I need to do things on windows I: a) cry, then 2) usually end up installing cygwin.	[reply]
Re^3: cpnam GD error by marto (Cardinal) on May 27, 2020 at 07:51 UTC
I've never had any problems using Strawberry Perl, and I've been running it since the beta versions. The Virtualbox route seems needlessly complicated to be, a virtual machine to deal with/manage just to run perl? Docker, you'd need to carefully examine the pros and cons depending on the situation. Regardless Jerry_J was clear that switching to Strawberry was painless.	[reply]
Re^4: cpnam GD error by perlfan (Vicar) on May 27, 2020 at 08:10 UTC
I wasn't trying to talk anyone out of strawberry Perl, only covering options. Seemed environment isolation was important to OP, which is I why suggested docker/virtualbox in the first place and why I (re)suggestion berrybrew. Dockerhub has quite an extensive collection of Perl containers btw and Docker runs on Windows, soo.... not out of line whatsoever.	[reply]
Re^5: cpnam GD error by marto (Cardinal) on May 27, 2020 at 08:25 UTC
Re^6: cpnam GD error by perlfan (Vicar) on May 28, 2020 at 07:08 UTC
Re^3: cpnam GD error by Anonymous Monk on May 27, 2020 at 10:16 UTC
Or op could run Linux... There all troll bases covered now	[reply]

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