[Mapserver-users] [ANNOUNCE] Mapserver 4.0.1 Debian Package for Debian Woody

[Paul Baker]

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Well it's been a very looooong time coming, but it is finally here. 
That's right, I've finally packaged MapServer 4.0.1 for Debian 
GNU/Linux. Unlike before, this package has actually been compiled for 
Debian 3.0 (a.k.a. Woody). In order to do that, I had to also 
"backport" several dependency packages from Debian testing and unstable 
in order to meet some of the "bleeding-edge" requirements of MapServer 
4.0.1. The mapserver package is installed as three separate packages so 
you only need to install the parts you need. The packages available 
are:

   * mapserver-cgi - The mapserv cgi program installed in 
/usr/lib/cgi-bin
   * mapserver-utils - The other miscellaneous programs compiled as part 
of MapServer.
   * libmapscript-perl - Mapscript/Perl module.

This package includes support for JPEG, PNG, FreeType 2, Tiff, Proj, 
OGR, GDAL, WMS, and WFS-Client.

So what's missing? Well for some reason I left out WFS-Server, but I 
have no idea why. Maybe because it's left out by default? If anyone 
wants, I will go ahead and rebuild it with WFS Server support, just let 
me know. I also forgot to include Flash/Ming support. If anyone needs 
this, let me know. I have not built Mapscript/PHP support yet because 
it currently conflicts with Debian's PHP packages (regex conflict). I 
guess I should just build my own PHP package just like the other 
dependencies. Also no Mapscript Java, Python, or TCL because I have 
zero experience with these three languages and wouldn't know where to 
begin. If anyone on Debian is using these three things, want to help 
me? Also no PostGIS or MyGIS support because I haven't looked into 
these technologies either. It's on my TODO list. Also any of the other 
features relying on non-free tech (EPPL7, SDE, Oracle, PDF) are 
lacking.

I guess that about sums it up. Any of that make sense?

To download and install simply add the following lines to your 
/etc/apt/sources.list file:

  deb http://paulbaker.net/debian stable main
  deb-src http://paulbaker.net/debian stable main

Of course you may download the .deb files directly by pointing your web 
browser at http://paulbaker.net/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/ 
but that's quite a pain given the dependency requirements.

Also keep in mind, these packages have received very little testing, so 
don't go using these in a production environment until you've done your 
own testing. And also, these packages will built on and intended for 
Debian Stable/Woody. I have not tried them on testing or unstable, so 
YMMV. Good luck and please please please provide me with feedback!

-- 
Paul Baker

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary 
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
          -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759

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Format: 1.7
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:34:40 -0600
Source: mapserver
Binary: mapserver-utils libmapscript-perl mapserver-cgi
Architecture: source i386
Version: 4.0.1-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Paul Baker (w2gi) <pbaker at where2getit.com>
Changed-By: Paul Baker (w2gi) <pbaker at where2getit.com>
Description: 
 libmapscript-perl - UMN's MapServer - MapScript/Perl Support
 mapserver-cgi - UMN's MapServer - Web Mapping CGI Application
 mapserver-utils - UMN's MapServer - Utilities
Changes: 
 mapserver (4.0.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * New upstream release.
Files: 
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 009c3916f82f4dd5102b9c10f314030a 853665 science extra mapserver_4.0.1.orig.tar.gz
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