I guess I would like to know if it's possible/ethical/feasable to make
images with perl, without using an image creation library like libpng
that must be built and installed by the sysadmin. I don't know
how it works with other languages (java), but they seem to make cool
interactive, image driven apps. I want to do that with CGI
too. Currently, I must make all my images on the fly (Imager,
libpng, freetype, blah, blah) and build imagemaps to make them
clickably functional. I can't imagine trying to get some hosting
service droid to get all that working correctly for me (IE, if I did
not have access to my own server), but maybe they are doing ok with
that these days.<br>
<br>
Is there a better way? What's the latest along these lines with perl?<br>
<br>
-ASC<br>
<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/29/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dundas Townsend</b> <<a href="mailto:leffjesh@gmail.com">leffjesh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div>Can't you just do the configure, make and make test
on the module, but not make install. Then copy the
directory that the make created to
a perllib folder in your home directory. Then just
add a use lib "/home/user/perllib"; line and you can start using you
modules. I did this recently after waiting for way to long for
dreamhost to do it for me and it worked.
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<div>-Jeff<br><br> </div>
<div><div><span class="e" id="q_107de7b3ce674b92_1"><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/29/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Andrew Clapp</b> <<a href="mailto:andrew.clapp@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
andrew.clapp@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
</span></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><span class="e" id="q_107de7b3ce674b92_3">I
think this is a valid concern. What can we do that would allow
more hosting services to have more core functionality for CGI type
things? I have recently used Imager-0.45, (<a href="http://imager.perl.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">imager.perl.org</a>),
and it's dependencies are not huge for the ability to make images on
the fly. But I can imagine that some admins might get annoyed by
the conflicts between freetype and freetype2, libgif and libungif, etc.
<br><br>-ASC
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/29/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">benh</b> <<a href="mailto:ben.hengst@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ben.hengst@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">First I have to state that I love CPAN. Its what makes perl useful<br>everywhere. Though it's not without is's issues. For me though the
<br>largest issue is when running in a shared server enviroment. With PHP<br>just about everything I would use on a normal day is included by <br>default (well GD i guess would be the exception on some older boxes..)<br>
and if I need I can install PEAR with out the need to worry about
<br>having admin access or more imporantly access to gcc. Though with CPAN<br>there are a few root libs that you need (I keep running in to needing<br>libxml forexample).<br><br>So does any one have a good solution in dealing with such cases? I
<br>cant expect that every hosting service would have every module <br>installed by default, I can try to make a local install for most<br>modules but if there are libs that you need your still out. Am I just<br>barking up the wrong tree?
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