AGG Rendering with mapserver 5.0

[Stephen Woodbridge]

  Ticket #2215: HowTo Build AGG with freetype support from sources, 
http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2215

Steve Smith wrote:
> I am attempting to use AGG with mapserver-5.0.0-beta3. I am using the 
> following OUTPUTFORMAT statement in my .map file:
> 
> OUTPUTFORMAT
>   NAME 'AGG_PNG'
>   DRIVER AGG/PNG
>   IMAGEMODE RGB
> END
> 
> Is this correct?  The graphics do not look like AGG. Are there other 
> statements in the .map file that could result in the use of GD graphics? 
> I followed the explanations in:
> 
> http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/agg-rendering-specifics
> 
> but, still no success. Configuring and compiling mapserver was 
> successful. No errors occurred. I initially had a problem configuring 
> with AGG, using libraries in /usr producing the following error message:
> 
> checking if AGG support requested... configure: error: "could not find 
> agg_rendering_buffer.h or libagg.a in /usr."
> 
> I think this error was a result of my machine being 64 bit, which the 
> current beta versions does not recognize. Things worked after I changed 
> the directory to an AGG installation in /usr/local/agg.
> 
> Steve
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