[mapserver-users] mapserver 5 configure with options does not work (fedora 7/8)
Frank Warmerdam
warmerdam at pobox.com
Tue Apr 15 13:16:21 PDT 2008
Ningchuan Xiao wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I was wondering if anyone could please help me solve this problem. I
> compiled MapServer 5.0.2 on Fedora 7 and 8. I installed all required
> libraries/packages. If I configure MapServer without any options (i.e.,
> just use ./configure), the resulting file mapserv works fine if I copy
> it to the cgi-bin folder.
>
> However, if I configure it using any other options (such as --with-proj,
> with proj4 successfully installed), I can compile MapServer with no
> problem and can run mapserv -v. However, if I copy it to the cgi-bin
> folder, it will not work. All I get is a blank page in the web browser
> with no error messages.
Ningchuan,
I would guess this is because the extra options have shared libraries in
places that aren't searched under apache. For instance, if libproj.so
is installed in /usr/local/lib and you haven't managed that properly via
ldconfig or LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
Best regards,
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