[GRASS-user] Clarification/Correction on WIKI Gdal/OGR plugin install tutorial

[Markus Neteler]

Patton, Eric wrote:

>I think I may have found a section of the WIKI that needs a little
>modification (perhaps). Reading section 6 under Installation of the tutorial
>page on compiling the GDAL/OGR plugin, it reads:
>
>"6.  GDAL/OGR-GRASS plugin - file: gdal-grass-1.3.1.1.tar.gz (or later) [1]
>NOTE: the plugin needs to see the GRASS libraries . The best way is to add a
>file 'grass6.conf' into the directory /etc/ld.so.conf.d (edit as root) which
>contains the path to the GRASS libraries; then run 'ldconfig'."
>
>What if I have a path in /etc/ld.so.conf that points to my Grass libs? Will
>my compile stand a better chance of having the Grass libs detected one way
>or another? For example, here's my /etc/ld.so.conf:
>
>/usr/X11R6/lib
>/usr/local/lib
>/usr/share/qt3/lib
>/usr/local/grass-6.1.cvs/lib
>/opt/grass-6.1.cvs/lib
>
>I'm currently trying to get Grass-cvs compiled on /opt. Maybe a line should
>be added to the section of the WIKI noted above that only a line within
>/etc/ld.so.conf need point to Grass libs if indeed that is the case?
>  
>

Eric,

the only way is to try out and then add the answer to the wiki. The
first line in /etc/ld.so.conf
which refers to GRASS will be picked, if it contains all libs, the
system is happy, otherwise
will seek the second indication. Here is the danger to mess up things,
so I suggest to
indicate only a single path to GRASS libs in the /etc/ld.so.conf file.

Markus