mapscript installation on debian

[Jeff Portwine]

I had the same problem for a bit.... trying to install mapserver, php4, and
apache all from debian packages turned out to simply not work for me.    The
only way to get php to run nicely with apache was to run in CGI mode instead
of DSO.. but the version of mapscript that I was able to get with apt-get
won't allow you to run in CGI mode.     In the end, I downloaded, compiled,
and installed php and apache myself  and then afterwords I did the apt-get
install php4-mapscript and that works perfectly.

I'm using apache-1.3.33 and php-4.3.10, this is basically what I did:

cd apache-1.3.33
./configure --enable-module=so
make
make install

cd php-4.3.10
./configure --with-pgsql --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs
(I needed postgres support in php, you may not need that)
make
make install

apt-get install php4-mapscript
apt-get install gdal-bin (for gd utilities such as ogr2ogr)


Hope that helps,
Jeff



----- Original Message -----
From: "Lehuta Juraj - OZ" <Juraj.Lehuta at SVP.SK>
To: <MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 8:56 AM
Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] mapscript installation on debian


> Hello,
> I've got debian and I have tried to install mapscript from debian
> packages.
>
> When I test mapscript with:
> <?php
> dl("php_mapscript.so");
> phpinfo();
> ?>
>
> I obtain this:
> Warning: dl(): MapScript: Unable to initialize module Module compiled with
> module API=20020429, debug=0, thread-safety=0 PHP compiled with module
> API=20020429, debug=0, thread-safety=1 These options need to match in
> /var/www/test.php on line 2
>
> What does it mean, pease?
>
> thanx
>
> WochteR
>