CentOS - Nov 2007 - unstable libdg error when ./configure Perfparse on Nagios 2.x / CentOS 4.x

I'm trying to ./compile Perfparse on my Nagios CentOS 4.x box, but am
having this error. (And am hoping someone here might point me in the
right direction)

"configure: error: required library libgd unusable."

Here is a history of my problems:

First, it ./configure 'd ok, but I couldn't "make && make
install" due
to an error. I googled and found this FAQ on the the subject
(http://perfparse.de/tiki-view_faq.php?faqId=1)

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Q: When i try to compile, i get errors like:
perfparse-0.105.5/perfparse/storage.c:269: undefined reference to
`g_path_get_basename'
A: Try this:
cd perfparse
make
copy & paste the "/bin/sh ../libtool ...." line and add
"/opt/gnome/lib64/libglib-2.0.so" at the end. The path may vary. Try
to find the libglib-2.0.so. Then try again with "make".
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Not sure what happened, but it eventually was working, and later I got
past that error and got a "gdImage" error when I tried to "make
&&
make install". (This too is on the FAQ page)

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"A: The gd library is probably not installed yet on your system. Or
you are missing the development package such as libgd-devel or
libgd-dev.

Install gd and try again."
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Not knowing what to do (gd-2.0.28-5.4E and gd-devel-2.0.28-5.4E were
installed), we  "yum removed" these packages (which destroyed Nagios,
and I had to reinstall and reconfigure that too), and ever since, I've
gotten that ""configure: error: required library libgd unusable"
error
whenever I've tried to ./configure with the automake tools.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 12:45:47PM -0800, Rogelio
alleged:
> I'm trying to ./compile Perfparse on my Nagios CentOS 4.x box, but am
> having this error. (And am hoping someone here might point me in the
> right direction)
I just downloaded and tried it.  Turns our you need the gd-progs package
installed to get the gdlib-config script (necessary to satisfy perfparse's
configure).

After installing gd-progs, everything built fine.

So verify the following on your machine (make sure they are genuine centos
packages and not from a 3rd party repo):

$ rpm -q --qf '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}.%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}\n' gd gd-devel
gd-progs glib glib-devel
gd-2.0.28.5.4E.x86_64
gd-devel-2.0.28.5.4E.x86_64
gd-progs-2.0.28.5.4E.x86_64
glib-1.2.10.15.x86_64
glib-1.2.10.15.i386
glib-devel-1.2.10.15.x86_64

Then start over with a clean build and try configure and make again.

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On 11/30/07, Garrick Staples <garrick at usc.edu>
wrote:
> I just downloaded and tried it.  Turns our you need the gd-progs package
> installed to get the gdlib-config script (necessary to satisfy
perfparse's
> configure).
I have those installed already, but am not sure what is still hosed.

Right now, I cannot get past the configure script. I keep getting the error:

(bunch of OKs, then the following):

checking for gdlib-config... /usr/bin/gdlib-config
checking for gdMalloc in -lgd... no
configure: error: required library libgd unusable.
Install required and dependent files and rerun configure.
See config.log or FAQs for details.

Not knowing what else to do, I reinstalled (via rpm -i) the following packages

gd-2.0.28-5.4E.i386.rpm        gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-17.el4.3.i386.rpm
gdbm-1.8.0-24.i386.rpm         gd-progs-2.0.28-5.4E.i386.rpm
gdbm-devel-1.8.0-24.i386.rpm   gtk+-1.2.10-36.i386.rpm
gd-devel-2.0.28-5.4E.i386.rpm  php-gd-4.3.9-3.22.4.i386.rpm

Here is what I got when I tried to "rpm -i" install the gdk-pixbuf

rpm -i gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-17.el4.3.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        libgdk-1.2.so.0 is needed by gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-17.el4.3.i386
        libgtk-1.2.so.0 is needed by gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-17.el4.3.i386
    Suggested resolutions:
        /home/buildcentos/CENTOS/en/4.0/i386/CentOS/RPMS/gtk+-1.2.10-36.i386.rpm

I then installed that gtk rpm, and I got the following issue:

rpm -i gtk+-1.2.10-36.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        gdk-pixbuf >= 0.18.0 is needed by gtk+-1.2.10-36.i386
    Suggested resolutions:
       
/home/buildcentos/CENTOS/en/4.0/i386/CentOS/RPMS/gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-17.el4.3.i386.rpm

So, I ran "yum install gdk-pixbuf", which then grabbed the gdk-pixbuf
and gtk+ packages.

Now, the only gd package that has a problem is php-gd (which I'm not
even sure is related)

rpm -i php-gd-4.3.9-3.22.4.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        php = 4.3.9-3.22.4 is needed by php-gd-4.3.9-3.22.4.i386
    Suggested resolutions:
       
/home/buildcentos/CENTOS/en/4.0/i386/CentOS/RPMS/php-4.3.9-3.22.4.i386.rpm

Should I perhaps be looking in the direction of ldconfig to fix my problems?