[gdal-dev] Problem building GDAL 3.8.3 with MrSID SDK on SLES 15 SP6

[Michael Smith]

I build it as a plugin and I use

 

 

cmake -G "Ninja" \

       ${CMAKE_ARGS} \

       -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \

       -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$PREFIX \

       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PREFIX \

       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \

       -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \

       -DGDAL_ENABLE_PLUGINS=ON \

       -DBUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS=OFF \

       -DGDAL_BUILD_OPTIONAL_DRIVERS:BOOL=OFF \

       -DOGR_BUILD_OPTIONAL_DRIVERS:BOOL=OFF \

       -DGDAL_USE_GEOTIFF_INTERNAL=OFF \

       -DGDAL_HIDE_INTERNAL_SYMBOLS=OFF \

       -DGDAL_ENABLE_DRIVER_MRSID_PLUGIN=ON \

       -DGDAL_ENABLE_DRIVER_MRSID=ON \

       -DGDAL_ENABLE_DRIVER_JP2MRSID=ON \

       -DMRSID_LIBRARY=${PREFIX}/lib/libltidsdk.so \

       -DMRSID_INCLUDE_DIR=${PREFIX}/include \

       ${SRC_DIR}

 

cmake --build . -j ${CPU_COUNT} --config Release --target gdal_MrSID --verbose   

 

And then add that plugin to my release version gdal from conda-forge. 

 

GDAL 3.8.3 is rather old though so you might want to try with a currently supported GDAL. I know changes had been made in the 3.10 timeframe for plugin builds.

 

Mike

 

 

-- 

Michael Smith

RSGIS Center – ERDC CRREL NH

US Army Corps

 

From: gdal-dev <gdal-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Fernando Quadro via gdal-dev <gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org>
Reply-To: Fernando Quadro <fsquadro at gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
To: <gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org>
Subject: [gdal-dev] Problem building GDAL 3.8.3 with MrSID SDK on SLES 15 SP6

 

Hi all,

I am trying to build GDAL 3.8.3 on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 with support for the MrSID DSDK 9.5.5.5244 (RHEL9 x86-64, gcc1131).

My steps so far:
Installed the SDK under /opt/MrSID/current/Raster_DSDK.
Includes: /opt/MrSID/current/Raster_DSDK/include
Libs: /opt/MrSID/current/Raster_DSDK/lib/libltidsdk.so (with libtbb.so included).
Configured CMake with:
3.  cmake .. \
4.    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
5.    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
6.    -DGDAL_USE_MRSID=ON \
7.    -DGDAL_ENABLE_DRIVER_MRSID_PLUGIN=ON \
8.    -DMRSID_INCLUDE_DIR=/opt/MrSID/current/Raster_DSDK/include \
9.    -DMRSID_LIBRARY=/opt/MrSID/current/Raster_DSDK/lib/libltidsdk.so \
10.  -DGDAL_BUILD_OPTIONAL_DRIVERS=ON \
11.  -DGDAL_ENABLE_PLUGINS=ON
The configure step detects MrSID correctly:

-- Found MRSID: /opt/MrSID/current/Raster_DSDK/lib/libltidsdk.so (found version "9.5.5")
-- Enabled driver: gdal_MRSID
Built and installed GDAL (libgdal.so shows MrSID symbols when inspected with strings).
Example:
13.strings /usr/local/lib64/libgdal.so | grep -i mrsid
14.GDALRegister_MrSID
15.MrSID driver
16....
Verified dependencies:
18.ldd /usr/local/lib64/libgdal.so | grep ltidsdk
19./opt/MrSID/current/Raster_DSDK/lib/libltidsdk.so (0x00007f9829a00000)
Problem:
Even after build and install, gdalinfo --formats does not list the MrSID driver.
Therefore, GeoServer (which loads GDAL via JNI) also does not detect MrSID.

Question:
Did I miss an additional CMake flag (e.g., to force building the driver as a plugin instead of static)?
Should the gdal_MrSID driver be compiled as a .so plugin under /usr/local/lib64/gdalplugins/, or linked directly into libgdal.so?
Any known issues when building the MrSID driver against GCC 7 (default on SLES 15 SP6) or should I rebuild with a newer GCC?
Thanks a lot for any hints,
Fernando Quadro

http://www.fernandoquadro.com.br
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernandoquadro/

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