[Mapserver-users] mapserv compiling error

[John Beisley - RSG]

You want the GD library development version 2 package installed. How you 
do this depends on the distribution that you are using.

ESSC Admin wrote:

> When running ./configure on my remote webserver, these errors appear:
>  
>  
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for c++... c++
> checking whether the C++ compiler (c++  ) works... yes
> checking whether the C++ compiler (c++  ) is a cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C++... yes
> checking whether c++ accepts -g... yes
> checking for ranlib... ranlib
> checking for flex... flex
> checking for yywrap in -lfl... yes
> checking for bison... bison -y
> checking if compiler supports -R... no
> checking if compiler supports -Wl,-rpath,... yes
> checking for exp in -lm... yes
> checking for __gxx_personality_v0 in -lstdc++... no
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... /lib/cpp
> checking for ANSI C header files... no
> checking for strcasecmp... no
> checking for strncasecmp... no
> checking for strdup... no
> checking whether we should include JPEG support...
> checking for jpeg_read_header in -ljpeg... yes
>         using libjpeg from system libs.
> checking where FreeType 2.x is installed...
> checking for FT_Init_FreeType in -lfreetype... yes
>         using libfreetype -lfreetype from system libs.
> checking where Zlib is installed...
> checking for zlibVersion in -lz... yes
>         using libz from system libs.
> checking where PNG is installed...
> checking for png_init_io in -lpng... yes
>         using libpng from system libs.
> checking where libXpm is installed...
> checking for XpmFreeXpmImage in -lXpm... no
>         XPM (libXpm) library cannot be found, possibly needed for GD
> checking where libiconv is installed...
> checking for libiconv_open in -liconv... no
>         libiconv library cannot be found, possibly needed for GD
> checking for GD 2.0.12 or higher...
> checking for gdImageSetAntiAliased in -lgd... yes
> checking for gdImageSetAntiAliased in -lgd... (cached) yes
> configure: error: Could not find gd.h or libgd.a/libgd.so in 
> /usr/local. Make su
> re GD 2.0.12 or higher is compiled before calling configure.
>  
> What should I do next? I a newbie at linux so please bear with me. Thanks.
>  
> Regards



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