Install GD Failure

Question

I would like to install the modules required to run Circos. One of the required modules is GD.

• *OS: Mac OS X Version 10.7.4
• Installed libgd: brew install libgd*

Following cpan[1]> install GD

Test Summary Report
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t/GD.t      (Wstat: 0 Tests: 12 Failed: 1)
  Failed test:  10
Files=2, Tests=13,  0 wallclock secs ( 0.02 usr  0.00 sys +  0.11 cusr  0.02 csys =  0.15 CPU)
Result: FAIL
Failed 1/2 test programs. 1/13 subtests failed.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
  LDS/GD-2.46.tar.gz
  /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
//hint// to see the cpan-testers results for installing this module, try:
  reports LDS/GD-2.46.tar.gz
Running make install
  make test had returned bad status, won't install without force
Failed during this command:
 LDS/GD-2.46.tar.gz                           : make_test NO

Any ideas as to how to resolve this?

Answer 1

For this particular module, passing the unit tests is pretty hit-or-miss. If you're comfortable with this single test failure (which is about writing jpeg files), then just force an install.

cpan[1]> force install GD

or

$ cpan -f GD

Since the test failure is a jpeg issue, you might want to see if you have libjpeg and its friends installed properly.