4.8.1 build

[Dylan Keon]

On 02/15/2006 10:26 AM, Gail Long wrote:
> Hey folks I'm trying to rebuild all of the mapserver dependencies and 
> I'm getting .h not found errors.  The header files all seem to be in 
> place within the source dirs of the deps (png jpeg zlib iconv gd, etc)
> 
> I didn't do make install with any of these because I don't want to 
> change my base system environment. What do I need to change to get 
> mapserver to look for the includes?  Some option to configure I'm missing?
> 
> I want to set up a multi-version build environment so that I can have 
> the current version libs, betas, and a sandbox type of lib set.
> 
> I'm building 4.8.1 on RHE
> 
> I appreciate any assistance.


I would use a separate area (like /opt) where you can fully install the 
packages without affecting the base system.  When compiling each package 
use the --prefix option to indicate the "make install" target (e.g., 
--prefix=/opt ).  When compiling subsequent packages you will need to 
define options such as --with-png=/opt --with-gd=/opt, etc. to point to 
the installed files you want to build against.

Or you could probably just point mapserver to the compiled source for 
each package (e.g., --with-png=/home/gail/ms/source/libpng-1.2.8).  I 
prefer the first approach.

Dylan