[Gdal-dev] Installing GDAL

[Frank Warmerdam]

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 17:30:31 -0600, pasa0101 at stcloudstate.edu
<pasa0101 at stcloudstate.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hello, 
>   
> I am trying to install GDAL in my computer using Visual Studio .NET 2003
> command prompt. I am assuming that I don't have to run vcvars32.bat for
> this. I did cd to GDAL root directory as per the instruction in the website.
> But when I type the command 
> C:\GDAL> nmake /f makefile.vc, I got the error message that nmake is not
> recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch
> file. 

Samir, 

In fact, if you didn't have the Visual Studio install setup your environment
variables globally,you will need to run vcvars32.bat in the shell before
you can use the compiler. 

Best regards,
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