[gdal-dev] Including curl in the context of an Android build?

[Nikolaos Hatzopoulos]

try istead of:
LIBS=”-lcurl $LIBS”

LIBS="/absolute/path/libcurl.a $LIBS"

be aware that even the order on how you define static libraries may confused
the
compile process.


--Nikos Hatzopoulos

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Jim Pendleton <jimp at ittvis.com> wrote:

>  In order to support the GDAL (1.8.1) jpipkak driver on Android, I also
> need to include libcurl (7.21.7) support.****
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> The inclusion of the curl library into the GDAL build is my current
> stumbling block.****
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> That is, I’m able to build and execute an Android app that can load my
> driver and will run to the point of calling gdal.Open() which fails with a 0
> status return because of a lack of curl.****
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> I don’t fully understand the checking that’s being performed in the
> configure utility of GDAL for the –with-curl switch.  This apperas to be
> responsible for overriding the curl_global_init function in a header file
> and including libcurl.so in the LIBS list.  I’m afraid I’m not a makefile
> guru so I’m probably missing something obvious.****
>
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> Regardless of how I set this, the build process for GDAL wants to parse
> files **installed** on the build platform, in this case
> /usr/bin/curl-config under RedHat 5.  The result is that “checking for
> curl_global_init in –lcurl” always returns “no”.  It also appears to want to
> reference a dynamic libcurl.so (LIBS=”-lcurl $LIBS”), rather than allowing a
> static library as a part of the build.  ****
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> Separate from GDAL, I’m able to build a static libcurl.a for Android.****
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> I would really like to link this static library into my final Android .so
> file, along with the rest of GDAL, the required kakadu modules, and the JNI
> layer and avoid the need for a separate libcurl.so file.****
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> Does GDAL’s architecture require a separate libcurl.so to be loaded at
> runtime?  And if so, has anyone had any experience with this in the Android
> environment?****
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> If anyone could help me out with this, I would very much appreciate it.***
> *
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> Thanks,****
>
> Jim P.****
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