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If you have an internet connection:

To install GD or Net::SNMP, use
after first setting the proxy variables, if you use a proxy to access the Internet (you will need an Internet connection for this to work). See the PPM documentationon the ActivePerl website for details.

If you are unable to install GD by the above method but you still have an internet conenction, try this instead (perl 5.8):
or, as a last resort, this (perl 5.6, maybe perl 5.8):


If you don't have internet access from the server:

Finally, you can download the files http://www.steveshipway.org/software/3rdparty/GD.ppd and
http://www.steveshipway.org/software/3rdparty/GD.tar.gz then modify the ppd file appropriately for your system, or even install the ppm file (inside the .tar.gz) directly.

Thanks to Gary Phillips for the necessary information!

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Steve Shipway
UNIX Systems, ITSS, University of Auckland, NZ
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning... -- Isaiah 5:11