[mapserver-users] Error running ./configure on a Linux machine

[andy]

Michalis Avraam wrote:
> Hello all.
> 
>  I have tried to compile MapServer 5.4.1 for the last few hours to no
>  avail. I cannot get past the ./configure command for some reason. Any
>  input will be greatly appreciated.
> 
>  Basically, my problem is that ./configure refuses to recognize some of
>  the commands I give it for some reason (for example, --with-agg or
>  --with-png). It also refuses to find files on the system when I
>  specify paths. For example, /usr/sbin/httpd or /usr/bin/xml2-config. I
>  have made sure that the files are there, installed correctly, running
>  just fine and are accessible by the user running ./configure.
> 
>  Any ideas what might be the problem? The following information may be useful.
> 
>  Thank you in advance,
> 
>  Michalis
> 
>  Environment:
>  Fedora Core 11 x86
>  Intel Core2Duo
>  2GB Ram
> 
>  Configure script run:
>  ./configure --enable-debug              \
>             --with-freetype=/usr        \
>             --with-zlib=/lib            \
>             --with-png=/usr/lib         \
>             --with-jpeg                 \
>             --with-libiconv=/usr        \
>             --with-gd                   \
>             --with-agg=/usr/lib         \
>             --with-proj=/usr            \
>             --with-threads              \
>             --with-geos=/usr/bin/geos-config    \
>             --with-ogr=/usr/bin/gdal-config     \
>             --with-gdal=/usr/bin/gdal-config    \
>             --with-tiff                         \
>             --with-postgis=/usr/bin/pg_config   \
>             --with-wcs                  \
>             --with-wfsclient            \
>             --with-wmsclient            \
>             --with-sos                  \
>             --with-curl-config=/usr/bin/curl-config     \
>             --with-xml2-config=/usr/bin/xml2-config     \
>             --with-httpd=/usr/sbin/httpd        \
>             --with-warnings                     \
>             --with-php=/usr/include/php         \
> 
>  Configure Report returned:
>  MapServer is now configured for
> 
>   -------------- Compiler Info -------------
>   C compiler:                gcc -g -O2 -fPIC -Wall
>   C++ compiler:              g++ -g -O2 -fPIC -Wall
>   Debug:                     -g  -DNEED_NONBLOCKING_STDERR
>   Generic NINT:
> 
>   -------------- Renderer Settings ---------
>   zlib support:              -DUSE_ZLIB
>   png support:
>   palette rgba png support:
>   jpeg support:              -DUSE_JPEG
>   iconv support:             -DUSE_ICONV
>   AGG support:
>   AGG Freetype support:
>   Ming(flash) support:
>   PDFLib support:
> 
>   -------------- Support Libraries ---------
>   Proj.4 support:
>   Libxml2 support:
>   FriBidi support:
>   Curl support:
>   FastCGI support:
>   Threading support:
>   GEOS support:
> 
>   -------------- Data Format Drivers -------
>   native tiff support:       -DUSE_TIFF
>   PostGIS support:
>   EPPL7 support:             -DUSE_EPPL
>   ArcSDE support:
>   OGR support:
>   GDAL support:
>   Oracle Spatial support:
> 
>   -------------- OGC Services --------------
>   WMS Server:
>   WMS Client:
>   WFS Server:
>   WFS Client:
>   WCS Server:
>   SOS Server:
> 
>   -------------- MapScript -----------------
>   PHP MapScript:             no
> 
>  Error Messages from configure:
>  ./myconfigure.sh: line 8: --with-gd: command not found
>  ./myconfigure.sh: line 23: --with-httpd=/usr/sbin/httpd: No such file
>  or directory
>  ./myconfigure.sh: line 25: --with-php=/usr/include/php: No such file
>  or directory
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Did you by chance edit myconfigure.sh in windows?  Leave around some carriage returns or something?  Got extra spaces/tabs after the \ ?

like: 

--with-libiconv=/usr        \{tab}


-Andy