MCNi Wiki : BandsX perl Configuration

These are instructions for how to configure perl on a Bombplates band site hosting server

See also: Creating a Band Site Hosting Server

If perl is not installed, install it

# yum install perl

Add some cpan prerequesites

# yum install gzip tar unzip make links wget ncftp ftp gpg gd-devel

Add the required image editing libraries

# cpan GD
# cpan GD::Text
# yum install ImageMagick ImageMagick-devel ImageMagick-perl

Required Curl libraries

# yum install curl-devel
# cpan WWW::Curl

if the latter fails

# perl -MCPAN -e "CPAN::Shell->force(qw(install WWW::Curl));"