[mapserver-users] Windows Installation

[Jerome Villeneuve Larouche]

Hi,

If you want to use OSGeo4W you should use the 32 bit installer as the 
packages are more up to date on this version.



On 14-05-14 11:41 AM, trailway wrote:
> Disclaimer - I am total newbie here.
>
> I want to get Map Server running on my Windows 7 x64 system.
>
> I am aware that MS4W exists but my impression is that this project is not
> actively updated,
> i.e. it is running an old version of map server so I did not want to use it.
> Here is good
> post which describes the status:
>
> http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Upgrading-Apache-and-PHP-that-came-with-MS4W-td5105669.html
>
> I started by downloading the documentation from here:
>
> http://mapserver.org/documentation.html
>
> Next I downloaded the 64 bit installer from here:
>
> http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/
>
> I then ran the installer and chose the "Express Web-GIS Install" option.
> On the "Select Packages" screen, I noticed that MapServer and GDAL were
> enabled.
> Other options such as Apache were disabled, i.e. I could not choose them.
> The installation completed without errors.
>
> I am able to run map server as follows:
>
> C:\OSGeo4W64\bin>mapserv -v
>
> The instructions tell me to "Run the apache-install.bat script to install
> the Apache Server".
> The thing is that I cannot find this script on my system.  I ran the above
> installer again
> and chose the "Advanced Install" option.  Unlike the screen shots in the
> documentation, I do not see
> Apache listed under Web (or anywhere else).
>
> FWIW, I do have IIS installed on my machine.  I wanted to use whatever web
> server is easiest
> and works best for map server.  My guess is that that is Apache.  The
> instructions for "IIS Setup for MapServer" are very dated (from 2005).
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Based on the things that I learn, how can I contribute to improving the
> documentation?
>
>
>
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Jérôme Villeneuve Larouche
www.mapgears.com