Hmmmmm, i think you have an incomplete step and one step
missing:
tar -zxvf GD-1.41.tar.gz
cd GD-1.41
perl Makefile.PL LIB=/path/to/your/lib
make
make test
make install
And if have said this once, i have said it ... more than
once ... check out
tachyon's Super Tutorial Number One,
A Guide to Installing Modules - especially the section,
I don't have permission to install a module on the system!
jeffa
L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)