[gdal-dev] Compiling gdal 1.11.1 on ubuntu 14.10

[Even Rouault]

Selon Zoltan Szecsei <zoltans at geograph.co.za>:

> Hi,
> I compiled QGIS 2.7 successfully on ubuntu 14.10, and then noticed that
> it had gdal 1.10, so I downloaded the source for gdal 1.11.1 and
> compiled it.
> The trouble is that running gdalinfo --version still gives me the 1.10
> version.
>
> Can anyone spot my deliberate error?

This is because /usr/local/bin/gdalinfo still tries to find libgdal.so in
/usr/lib and not /usr/local/lib

Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib as environment variable

>
> This is a new system for experimenting with, so I am able to nuke it and
> start again by reloading ubuntu if need be.
> My goal is to fiddle with QGIS dev, python dev, mapserver and postgis.
> I'd like GRASS and  OTB  as well, plus all the "normal" dependencies
> like gdal, ogr, proj.....
> (So if someone has a recipe for the correct installation sequence so
> that all the dependencies work out with their correct versions, please
> post it on this list.)
>
> Thanks & regards,
> Zoltan
>
>
> *So, to the current status:*
>
>     *#before make install:*
>     geograph at gs01:~$ which gdalinfo
>     /usr/bin/gdalinfo
>
>     *#after make install:*   (note the different location)
>     geograph at gs01:~$ which gdalinfo
>     /usr/local/bin/gdalinfo
>
>     *# So howcome?:*
>     geograph at gs01:~$ */usr/bin/gdalinfo* --version
>     GDAL *1.10.1*, released 2013/08/26
>     geograph at gs01:~$
>     geograph at gs01:~$ */usr/local/bin/gdalinfo* --version
>     GDAL *1.10.1*, released 2013/08/26
>     geograph at gs01:~$
>
> *Just before sending this email I did:
> *
>
>     which gdalbuildvrt
>     /usr/local/bin/gdalbuildvrt
>     gdalbuildvrt --version
>     ERROR 1: gdalbuildvrt was compiled against GDAL 1.11.1 but current
>     library version is 1.10
>
> *I then got into synaptic and removed gdal-bin and python-gdal but _not
> libgdal-dev and libgdal1h_ (all ver 1.10) as the last one would have
> removed grass and a bunch of other stuff, including postgre 9.4 and
> postgis, which I want.
>
>
> The above is after running sudo make install:*
>
>     geograph at gs01:~/dev/cpp/gdal-1.11.1$ sudo make install
>     [sudo] password for geograph:
>     (cd port; make)
>     make[1]: Entering directory '/home/geograph/dev/cpp/gdal-1.11.1/port'
>     make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'default'.
>     make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/geograph/dev/cpp/gdal-1.11.1/port'
>     (cd gcore; make)
>     make[1]: Entering directory '/home/geograph/dev/cpp/gdal-1.11.1/gcore'
>     make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'default'.
>     make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/geograph/dev/cpp/gdal-1.11.1/gcore'
>     (cd alg; make)
>     make[1]: Entering directory '/home/geograph/dev/cpp/gdal-1.11.1/alg'
>
> *etc etc etc**(and then the last few lines of the make install follow):*
>
>     libtool: install: /home/geograph/dev/cpp/gdal-1.11.1/install-sh -c
>     .libs/ogrtindex /usr/local/bin/ogrtindex
>     libtool: install: /home/geograph/dev/cpp/gdal-1.11.1/install-sh -c
>     .libs/ogrlineref /usr/local/bin/ogrlineref
>     libtool: install: /home/geograph/dev/cpp/gdal-1.11.1/install-sh -c
>     .libs/testepsg /usr/local/bin/testepsg
>     libtool: install: /home/geograph/dev/cpp/gdal-1.11.1/install-sh -c
>     .libs/gdalbuildvrt /usr/local/bin/gdalbuildvrt
>     /bin/bash /home/geograph/dev/cpp/gdal-1.11.1/libtool --mode=install
>     /home/geograph/dev/cpp/gdal-1.11.1/install-sh -c gdal-config-inst
>     /usr/local/bin/gdal-config
>     libtool: install: /home/geograph/dev/cpp/gdal-1.11.1/install-sh -c
>     gdal-config-inst /usr/local/bin/gdal-config
>     make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/geograph/dev/cpp/gdal-1.11.1/apps'
>     for f in LICENSE.TXT data/*.* ; do
>     /home/geograph/dev/cpp/gdal-1.11.1/install-sh -c -m 0644 $f
>     /usr/local/share/gdal ; done
>     /bin/bash /home/geograph/dev/cpp/gdal-1.11.1/libtool --mode=finish
>     --silent /usr/local/lib
>     /home/geograph/dev/cpp/gdal-1.11.1/install-sh -d
>     /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
>     /home/geograph/dev/cpp/gdal-1.11.1/install-sh -c -m 0644 gdal.pc
>     /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/gdal.pc
>     geograph at gs01:~/dev/cpp/gdal-1.11.1$
>     geograph at gs01:~/dev/cpp/gdal-1.11.1$
>     geograph at gs01:~/dev/cpp/gdal-1.11.1$ which gdalinfo
>     /usr/local/bin/gdalinfo
>     geograph at gs01:~/dev/cpp/gdal-1.11.1$ gdalinfo  --version
>     GDAL 1.10.1, released 2013/08/26
>     geograph at gs01:~/dev/cpp/gdal-1.11.1$
>
>
>
>
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>
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