Problems installing GD

Here's what I've done:
 - Compiled and installed libpng, libjpg, libz, and libfreetype 
(2.0.8) (all successfully)
 - Compiled and installed gd-1.8.4 sucessfully.

GD-1.3.8 configures and makes successfully, but when i make test, 
it fails test #8 (I believe 8 is the freetype test).  It doesn't 
give any reasons why it failed the test.

I tried backing down freetype to version 2.0.7, and GD to 1.37, 
with the same result.

I also tried doing all this on my linux box with the same result, 
so I don't think it's the perl installation.


TIA

• Problems installing GD by Jeremy Vinding