[mapserver-users] libgd.a not found by configure script

[Florian Thuerkow]

Hi John,

please send us your configuration line.
maybe you have to install the libgd2-dev package?

best regards,
florian thuerkow

John Overton schrieb:
> Hello,
>
> I am building mapserv from source.  But the configure script cannot 
> find the gd libraries even though i can confirm they are in 
> /usr/local/lib  Here is the error display for the configure script:
>
>
> configure: checking for GD 2.0.16 or higher...
> checking for gdFontCacheSetup in -lgd... no
> configure: checking whether GD needs libiconv...
> checking for gdFontCacheSetup in -lgd... no
> configure: error: Could not find gd.h or libgd.a/libgd.so in 
> /usr/local.  Make sure GD 2.0.16 or higher is compiled before calling 
> configure. You may also get this error if you didn't specify the 
> appropriate location for one of GD's dependencies (freetype, libpng, 
> libjpeg or libiconv).
>
> I am using GD 2.0.35, and the configure script is finding all of the 
> GD dependencies. I have seen this error on a google search, but I 
> can't find where it is resolved.
>
> Thanks,
> JD
>
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