Software request for Debian: libgd, etc.

[papa]

I'm trying to build the MUD server AFKMud on Debian and am having some library and tool dependency problems. Please install the following packages:

autoconf
automake
libpng
libgd

AFKMud requires libgd, which requires the other three. There may be additional dependencies, but I've used up my account quota trying to build this far.

[zoli]

Hi,

no problem at all... I installed the required packages and doubled your quota.
You are welcome

[papa]

Thank you!

Onward and upward!

[papa]

Hmm, are you sure libgd got installed correctly? I don't see gd.h in any of the likely directories.

Installing libgd in my own account lets me compile AFKMud, but I get the following error when trying to run it:

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../src/afkmud: error while loading shared libraries: libgd.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

...which will maybe go away if libgd is set up correctly for the whole Debian server, hopefully.

[zoli]

Hmmm strange.

I forced the reinstall of libgd2-xpm-dev hope it helps.

To run with your own libs you need to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable.

[papa]

Hmmm strange.

I forced the reinstall of libgd2-xpm-dev hope it helps.

To run with your own libs you need to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable.

AFKMud still won't run with the system shared libgd, but the LD_LIBRARY_PATH trick allows me to run the program with the llibgd I installed in my own account.