[EMBOSS] PNG/GD graphics library issue whilst trying to install EMBOSS/Jemboss v6.3.1

[Ben Eisenbraun]

Hi Nigel,

> I checked RHN again and can confirm that there is no such RPM package 
> (i.e. a devel version) available for our system (Red Hat Enterprise 
> Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago) 64-bit).
> 
> I'm probably being incredibly naive, but do you think it would work if I 
> manually copied the gd.h file from the gd distribution tarball (obtained 
> directly from the GD project website) into the /usr/include directory?

That won't work.

Just install the RPM from Scientific Linux 6:

http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/scientific-linux/6.0/x86_64/os/Packages/gd-devel-2.0.35-10.el6.x86_64.rpm

-ben

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