[Mapserver-users] Help Requested: Easy "gen2shp" application on RH Linux

[Ken Waters]

Hi Gerry,

I may have not done a makelib step.  I did the others, though.  Per 
someone else on the list who also helped me off-line, I did the 
/etc/ld.so.conf and ldconfig step.  Still something awry, it appears.  I 
may take you up on the Friday offer (I'll be out of the office 
Thursday).  I probably just need to have a little hand-holding through 
the process. 

Thanks,

Ken

Gerry Creager n5jxs wrote:

> After you compiled shapelib and did a makelib, and did make install, 
> did you add the appropriate lib location to /etc/ld.so.conf?  And then 
> run /sbin/ldconfig?  Both should be done using 'sudo' or as root.
>
> I'll be back from the Dallas AMS meeting tomorrow night and available 
> Thurs/Fri to help if you still need it.
>
> gerry
>
> Ken Waters wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I'm looking for a simple way to convert "gen" format text files into 
>> shapefiles on the RH Linux platform.  To date I have been running a 
>> public domain Windows program (gen2shp) that I found on the Web.  
>> However, I need to move this application to a Linux box and this is 
>> where I have been having problems.  This Linux box will not be 
>> running Apache and
>> Mapserver, so I am not interested in trying to set up a full install 
>> on it.  I simply want to have the ability to easily create shapefiles 
>> from text files without all the other overhead.  Here's what I've 
>> tried so far, without success:
>>
>> - Tryed to compile gen2shp.c from http://www.intevation.de/~jan/gen2shp
>>
>>     RESULT: Found I had to download shapelib and compile that package 
>> and was successful with that.  However, was unable to successfully 
>> compile gen2shp.c as it didn't seem to be linking the required 
>> shapefil.h library.  Could not figure out what I was doing wrong.
>>
>> - Looked for Linux binaries of gen2shp
>>
>>     RESULT: Only found the Windows binaries which I already have and 
>> use.  Are there some available somewhere that I don't know about, or 
>> possibly a suitable alternative?
>>
>> - Downloaded mapserver-4.2.1
>>
>>     RESULT: A bit overwhelmed as it's much more than I need for this 
>> machine and will require lots of pre-building of libraries and such 
>> that will not be used in the long run.  My experience with mapserver 
>> has been only with Windows using the binaries.  I did not find 
>> binaries for Linux.
>>
>> So, are there any suggestions for how I can proceed?  Perhaps I need 
>> to pursue further one of the options above that I tried.
>>
>> Thanks much!
>>
>> Ken
>>
>>
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