[Mapserver-users] cygwin vs. windows

[Dylan Keon]

Ed,

Thanks for the info.  Sorry for not being more specific, I was trying to 
rush that e-mail before heading home :-)  The remote machine is running 
Win2K, not sure if it's Server or just Pro.  I'll have to check on that. 
  I do have a local Win2K machine available.

The situation is that I have done my development for this project on 
Linux, and there was supposed to be a Linux box at the remote site. 
That didn't materialize, so now I need to install MapServer on Windows 
(or maybe Cygwin) at the remote site and port my code.

Considering I need to install and configure PHP, MapServer, and related 
components remotely over a secure connection, I'm wondering whether it 
would be easier to do this on Windows (DM Solutions has precompiled 
binaries) using something like VNC over SSH to connect remotely, or on 
Cygwin, which can be made very similar to my current Linux environment, 
including the bash shell that I'm used to, and where I can just use SSH 
to connect.

I realize this is sort of a vague question.  I guess I'm just looking 
for comments on how difficult it is to get MapServer and PHP MapScript 
running on Cygwin, or whether anyone has done this successfully.  This 
post 
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/data2/wilma/mapserver-users/0206/msg00360.html 
from last summer makes it sound pretty difficult.  If there are too many 
headaches involved, I'll just go with Windows.

Thanks,
Dylan


Ed McNierney wrote:
> Dylan -
> 
> There really isn't much needed to install at all, provided you've got a
> Web server set up already on the remote machine.
> 
> Are you using a local Windows machine?  Is the remote machine running
> Windows 2000 Server?  If so, using Terminal Services/Remote Desktop
> clients will make "secure remote login" pretty trivial.
> 
> Do you need to install on a remote Cygwin setup, or are you bringing
> that up as a suggested solution?  Sorry, but if you can be a bit more
> specific about what your environment is and what you need to do, we can
> give you specific advice!
> 
> 	- Ed
> 
> Ed McNierney
> President and Chief Mapmaker
> TopoZone.com / Maps a la carte, Inc.
> 73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
> North Chelmsford, MA  01863
> Phone: (978) 251-4242  Fax: (978) 251-1396
> ed at topozone.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dylan Keon [mailto:keon at nacse.org] 
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 7:59 PM
> To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Subject: [Mapserver-users] cygwin vs. windows
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I need to install MapServer on a remote Win2K box.  I'm used to doing 
> this on Linux, but not other platforms.  Do any of you have comments on 
> installing on Windows vs. Cygwin?  I read the Wiki howto for installing 
> on Cygwin, plus a couple of posts.  It doesn't look particularly easy, 
> especially if I want to use PHP MapScript.
> 
> Do the precompiled PHP-MapServer Windows binaries at DM Solutions also 
> contain GDAL or any other goodies?
> 
> There is someone at the remote site who can help with the installation, 
> but it would be better if I could log in remotely.  I assume Cygwin 
> supports ssh, so that would be a plus.  Any way to do a secure remote 
> login to a Windows box, maybe VNC tunneled through SSH or something?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dylan
> 
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