[gdal-dev] Compiling gdal 1.11.1 on ubuntu 14.10

[Zoltan Szecsei]

On 2015/01/16 12:20, Homme Zwaagstra wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 16/01/15 07:45, Zoltan Szecsei wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I compiled QGIS 2.7 successfully on ubuntu 14.10, and then noticed 
> that it had gdal 1.10, so I downloaded the source for gdal 1.11.1 and 
> compiled it. > The trouble is that running gdalinfo --version still 
> gives me the 1.10 version. > Can anyone spot my deliberate error?
>
> Have you tried running the ldconfig command after running `make 
> install` on
> GDAL?  This should solve the dynamic link issues resulting in the 
> version errors
> you're experiencing when running the GDAL 1.11.1 binaries.
>
> Alternatively you can adjust the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` environment 
> variable to point
> to `/usr/local/lib` e.g.
>
>     LD_LIBARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib ;  /usr/local/bin/gdalinfo --version
Thanks both Even & Homme for the comments.
Interestingly, I left it for a few days as I had other priorities, and 
now that I've powered up the PC again, it all works! (implying that I 
had some other funny setting for that session).
Regards,
Zoltan

>
> You should also compile any dependent software after installing your 
> custom GDAL
> i.e. compile GDAL first then QGIS.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Homme
>

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