Re: Graphics routines (GDCHART, etc.) with OpenVMS PERL, CSWS mod_perl

From: Jean-François Piéronne (jf.pieronne_at_laposte.net)
Date: 02/16/05 

Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:15:53 +0100

> A while back I had asked about other people's experience with creating
> graphs for Apache (CSWS) pages and was pointed to Python for VMS. There
> were a lot of prerequisites (OpenSSL, libz, etc.) but I successfully
> got them installed. The original Python never worked but I finally got
> it working by recompiling the whole thing (there were apparent bugs in
> the com file but I finally got around those).
>

I know that the Python kits have been succesfully installed dozens of
times, and I have installed these kits many times myself.
So I you have found any problem, instead of just reporting your failure,
it would be better to report what problem you have encounter, this may
help other guys.
Also I you have found and fix bugs, why did you don't send the fix.
I you prefer just send any information by private email.

> Anyway, I also installed the latest PERL from the HP website, along
> with the ECO 3 update and mod_perl for CSWS. As usual with anything the
> OpenVMS engineers work on, the installs went smoothly and I am able to
> use PERL alone or in CSWS-served web pages. However, I am still trying
> to do some of the graphing and now would prefer to do it in PERL. I
> found a few sites with GDCHART and other GD routines from a DECUS site
> and others but I am having trouble getting them to install.
>
> The documentation mentioned PNG and ZLIB as prerequisites. I
> successfully built and installed ZLIB. However, during the PNG compile,
> it chokes on references to "#include <X11/Xlib.h>" and a few other
> apparently outdated routines. I tried pointing some to the equivalents
> in decw$include but so far I am having no luck.
>
> Can anyone point me to a site where I can get the correct (current)
> versions of the GD stuff to link with HP's PERL?
>
> Thanks.
> Bill McLaughlin
>

Regards,

Jean-François

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