[gdal-dev] HowTo build MrSID plugin for CentOS 5?

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Hi all,

What is the best way to build gdal with MrSID support for CentOS 5?
How does one tell if it is CentOS 5.2 or 5.3?

The package manager installed:

(1/6): gdal-devel-1.4.4-2.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm              |  70 kB
(2/6): geos-3.1.0-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm                    | 265 kB
(3/6): unixODBC-2.2.11-7.1.x86_64.rpm                    | 835 kB
(4/6): netcdf-3.6.3-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm                  | 991 kB
(5/6): gdal-1.4.4-2.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm                    | 2.1 MB
(6/6): geos-devel-3.1.0-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm              | 4.8 MB

Most of these from the DAG repository. In addition, I have downloaded:

Lidar_DSDK-1.1.0.2814-linux.x86-64.gcc41.zip
Geo_DSDK-7.0.0.2167.linux.x86-64.gcc41.tar.gz

I'm not sure I need the Lidar file.

I thought there was a nifty tool/script for building the MrSID driver as 
a plugin, but I can not fine it. I suppose I can build it all from 
source, but that makes deploying it to production systems a pain.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
   -Steve W