mapserver doesnt't see libgdal

[Frank Warmerdam]

Peter Loewe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to compile MS from the 5.0.1 source on a remote (webhosting) system (i have no root priviliges there).
> 
> For some unknown reason, mapserver  refuses to acknowledge the location of libgdal [GDAL itself was built from the sources (1.5.0) and shows no problems]:

> Unfortunately, this is what ldd mapserv  has to tell:
> ldd mapserv
>         linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xb7f68000)
>         libgd.so.2 => /home/pacs/xxx/homebuilt/gd-2.0.33/.libs/libgd.so.2 (0xb7f17000)
>         libjpeg.so.62 => /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62 (0xb7eeb000)
>         libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0xb7e81000)
>         libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 (0xb7e5e000)
>         libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb7e4a000)
>         libXpm.so.4 => /usr/lib/libXpm.so.4 (0xb7e3a000)
>         libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb7d4e000)
>         libproj.so.0 => /usr/lib/libproj.so.0 (0xb7d18000)
>         libgdal.so.1 => not found
> 
> Yet, libgdal.so.1 _does_ exist:
> 
> ls -l ~/homemade/lib/
> 
> -rw-r--r-- 1 libgdal.a
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 libgdal.la
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 libgdal.so -> libgdal.so.1.12.0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 libgdal.so.1 -> libgdal.so.1.12.0
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 libgdal.so.1.12.0
> -rw-r--r-- 1 libpdf.a
> 
> Has anybody encountered this before ?
> 
> ANY suggestion would be much appreciated!

Peter,

Setup the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable to point to 
/home/pacs/xxx/homemade/lib. You can try this at the commandline
initially but you will likely want to accomplish it with a wrapper
script around mapserv when you are ready to deploy things as a cgi.
(assuming you also can't modify the apache configuration).

Best regards,
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