[mapserver-users] How to Check if MapScript is Enabled?

[Andy Colson]

Bill Thoen wrote:
> I want to take a look at dLegend in the dBox package but dBox (and 
> presumably dLegend)  requires either Perl or Python mapscript to be 
> installed with MapServer. I've forgotten how to check if, or which, 
> mapscript is installed. When I try ./mapserv -v from the cgi-bin 
> directory, mapscript isn't among the results, but I don't know if this 
> means it's not installed or if I need to use another method to determine 
> the mapscript availability. I probably wouldn't have installed a Perl 
> version and definitely wouldn't install a Python version because I don't 
> know these environments well. I don't remember if I tried the PHP 
> version., but I'm not finding any evidence that PHP mapscript is 
> installed either. I just want to know how to make sure what's in and 
> what's not.
> 
> I'd appreciate any suggestions you can offer.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> - Bill Thoen
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The program mapserv is not required for mapscript.  To find out if its 
in php, view the php info, which is easiest with a page like:

<?PHP
    echo phpinfo();
?>

To see if its in perl, at a command line, type:

perl -Mmapscript -e ''

if nothing happens, your golden, otherwise you'll get an error saying it 
cant locate mapscript.pm.

dunno about python.

-Andy