[mapserver-users] Can't load .... mapscript.so for module mapscript

[Lowell Filak]

Did you already make sure that the path to libproj.so.0 is known by apache, ie. /sbin/ldconfig -v?
Lowell F.

The following message was sent by Puneet Kishor <pkishor at GeoAnalytics.com> on Mon, 28 Oct 2002 18:12:20 -0600.

> I upgraded a whole bunch of stuff on my aging RH 7.2 server. So, I
> re-installed mapserver 3.6.3. Followed the directions on the wiki.
> Everything (seemed to have) went fine. Except, everything is now fubar.
> 
> First, the symptoms... mapserver doesn't work at all. With perl mapscript
> application I get the following --
> 
> Can't load
> '/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i386-linux/auto/mapscript/mapscript.so' for
> module mapscript:
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i386-linux/auto/mapscript/mapscript.so:
> undefined symbol: TIFFIsByteSwapped at
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux/DynaLoader.pm line 206.
>  at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i386-linux/mapscript.pm line 7
> 
> 
> Just doing a `mapserv -v` gives a 
> 
> ./mapserv: error while loading shared libraries: libproj.so.0: cannot open
> share
> d object file: No such file or directory
> 
> My guess is that the older libraries are messing around with the ones from
> the more recent install.
> 
> Is it worthwhile tracking everything down that I installed with mapserver,
> deleting it, and then reinstalling? (will take a long time, so I want to
> make sure).
> 
> I am using Apache 2.0.39. Are there any special tricks required?
> 
> I am using PHP 4.1.2 which seems to be the recommended version. Should I
> bump it up further?
> 
> Many tia.
> 
> Puneet.