[gdal-dev] Build GDAL from scratch on CentOS 6.5

[Even Rouault]

Jake,

well if you don't have the basic build dependencies, this might get
complicated... Nothing impossible, but might take time indeed.
Well one possibility is to access a CentOS where you have a root access (e.g. a
VM that you install), build on it, and then copy the resulting binaries.

Even

> Hey Even,
>
> Thank you for outlining this. The trouble I have is that, without root
> access, `make install` is a never-ending list of missing libraries, or
> compilation errors...
> Do you know of a way to resolve the missing libraries without root access
> (and without wasting the next 48hours untaring, compiling, and installing)?
>
> Just as an example, I cant even compile the HDF4 source with `./configure
> --prefix=/have/write/access` because of something with Fortran and g77... I
> disable fortran as `./configure --prefix=/have/write/access
> --enable-fortran=NO` but then it fails due to missing yacc utility.... This
> continues until I get so lost as to what library I'm installing for what
> package, that it just seems there must be an easier way...
>
> If you have any thoughts, please, let me know.
>
> Thank you for reaching out.
> Jake
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Selon Jake Brinkmann <jakebrinkmann at gmail.com>:
> >
> > > Hello all geospatial-web-wizards,
> > >
> > > I am struggling pretty hard building the GDAL libraries and all the
> > > countless dependencies from source in CentOS6.5. I do not have root
> > access
> > > on my machine, but I need the GDAL (as well as HDF, GeoTiff, GEOS, etc.)
> > > libraries for performing image processing using the Terra/Aqua MODIS
> > > satellite remote sensing data.
> > > Does anyone out there have experience building GDAL along with HDF and
> > > Python bindings, but without, and I emphasize here: *without* root
> > access?
> > > Alternatively, if possible, I would be willing to install a binary, but
> > > remember: I do not have root access (so I'm not sure this would work...)
> > > and lack experience with *.rpm files
> > >
> > > Let me know, please, if anyone has any ideas at all.
> > > I am really wishing the Anaconda Python distribution would come with GDAL
> > > supporting HDF4, but it currently does not...
> > >
> > > Thanks for reading, and any help you can provide,
> >
> > Jake,
> >
> > It is always possible to build without root access.
> > The scheme is :
> > 1) Download HDF4 sources, untar, cd to the source directory
> > 2) ./configure --prefix=/somewhere/where/you/have/write/access
> > 3) make install
> > 4) Download GDAL sources, untar, cd to the source directory
> > 5) ./configure --prefix=/somewhere/where/you/have/write/access
> > --with-hdf4=/somewhere/where/you/have/write/access
> > 6) make install
> > 7) cd swig/python
> > 8) python setup.py build
> > 9) export PYTHONPATH=$PWD/build/lib.linuxXXXXXXXX (to be adapted depending
> > on
> > your architecture and Python version)
> > 10) export PATH=/somewhere/where/you/have/write/access/bin:$PATH
> > 11) export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/somewhere/where/you/have/write/access/lib
> >
> > You should be done.
> >
> > Even
> >
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> >
>


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