[Mapserver-users] Install help

[woodbri at swoodbridge.com]

Siki,

You need to uninstall the rpm first with:

rpm -e --nodeps gd
rpm -e --nodeps gd-devel

Then build and install gd-2.0.15

-Steve W.

On 11 Aug 2003 at 9:08, Siki Zoltan wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> You may install a package on RedHat from an RPM or from sources.
> The old GD was installed from an RPM, that is way you see it with rpm
> -q You build the new version from sources, so  rpm -q can't see it.
> Now you have two versions of GD on your  linux box, the old one in the
> /usr and the new one in /usr/local. You must specify the location for
> the configure script of mapserver --with-gd=DIR to force mapserver to
> use the new one. You may remove the old GD with rpm -e package.
> 
> Probably you won't find an rpm for the newest GD (I couldn't).
> So rpm can handle packages installed from .rpm files.
> 
> --
> Zoltan
> 
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Ethan Granger wrote:
> 
> > My system: RedHat 9.0, Apache 2.0.40, PHP 4.2.2
> >  
> > I am a linux newbie and I am trying to install mapserver.  I noticed
> > that I needed an upgraded GD library than came with my RH9.  When I
> > typed the command "rpm -q gd" I got "gd-1.8.4-11" which I isn't good
> > enough according to the instructions.  So this is what I did:
> >  
> > Downloaded gd-2.0.15 to /root
> > typed "tar -zxvf gd-2.0.15.tar.gz"
> > typed "cd gd-2.0.15"
> > typed "./configure"
> > typed "make"
> > typed "make install"
> > typed "cd /"
> > typed "rpm -q gd" and "I got gd-1.8.4-11"
> >  
> > What gives? How come gd was not upgraded?  How do I figure out where
> > RH9 installed it and remove it? or overwrite it?
> >  
> > thanks for your help.
> > 
> 
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