[mapserver-users] installing problem

[Pushkar Pradhan]

the "No query inform..." mesg. is actually an indication that your
install. was correct.
You aren't supposed to access the URL "local......./mapserv" but the html
pages, download the example.

> I downloaded mapserver 3.6.0 and configured it to support OGC WMS server using
>
> mapserver$ ./configure --with-proj=$HOME/local
>
> The proj.4 was installed in the $HOME/local.  After compiling with 'make'
>
> mapserver$ make
>
> I got the 'mapserv' and tested it,
>
> mapserver$ ./mapserv
> This script can only be used to decode form results and
> should be initiated as a CGI process via a httpd server.
>
> So far, everything was well, but when I installed 'mpserv' to
> $HOME/apache2/cgi-bin/ and accessed the URL "localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv", I got
> Server Error 500.
>
> If I only configured the mapserver source code and compiled it using:
> mapserver$ ./configure
> mapserver$ make
>
> and retested, the output was "No query information to decode. QUERY_STRING is
> set, but empty.", it was going well.
>
> Can anyone explain what is the problem and how to solve it?
>
> Thanks a lot!
> Hao
>
>

-Pushkar S. Pradhan