Mapserver 5.0.0 installation fails at GEOS

[Pericles S. Nacionales]

Good to hear you got it compiled.  Is the mapserv CGI program working or 
do you get the same error messages as the PHP/Mapscript?  If so, the 
library (libgeos.so.2) you're linking to isn't in your system paths.  If 
you want you can just symlink to the newer libgeos in /usr/lib (or 
/usr/local/lib), ex: ln -s /usr/lib/libgeos.so.3.0.0 
/usr/lib/libgeos.so.2.  I have a feeling that another library is linked 
to the old libgeos.so.2 (gdal or postgis, perhaps) so you might want to 
recompile those with the new GEOS.

Good luck!
-Perry

William Hudspeth wrote:
> Perry,
>
> OK, so far so good. Your suggestion fixed the build problem, and it appears
> to be installed. I got rid of all older packages of GEOS, including in
> /usr/lib, and took care of the ld.so.conf issues. I am now trying to get PHP
> mapscript up and running, but am having a problem.
>
> I had to create an "extension" directory where I built PHP
>
> /usr/local/php5/lib/php/extension
>
> I copied the php_mapscript.so file to this location, added the directory
> path to "extension_dir" in php.ini, and restarted apache.
>
> When I include the following in a *.php file 
>
> dl('php_mapscript.so'); 
>
> I get these errors:
>
> Warning: dl() [function.dl]: Unable to load dynamic library
> '/usr/local/php5/lib/php/extension/php_mapscript.so' - libgeos.so.2: cannot
> open shared object file: No such file or directory in
> /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/hello.php on line 3
>
> Obviously something to do with shared objects, and am guessing it had
> something to do with a configuration option in either PHP or Mapserver????
>
> Thanks a million, Bill
>