[mapserver-users] Compiling Trunk - problems with gifs

[thomas bonfort]

you have to install the gif header files, ie the giflib-dev package of
your system. the configure script is looking for gif_lib.h.

regards,
thomas

On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 19:10, Fawcett, David (MPCA)
<David.Fawcett at state.mn.us> wrote:
> I am working on compiling a pretty stripped down mapserv binary based on trunk (11/25) on CentOS 5.  I successfully compiled GD with jpeg, png, and freetype support.  Gdlib-config --features returns GD_JPEG, GD_FREETYPE, GD_PNG, GD_GIF, GD_GIFANIM, GD_OPENPOLYGON.
>
> When I try to compile MapServer using the basic ./configure --with-gd=/usr/, I get a bunch of messages saying that MapServer can't find the gif stuff
> configure: checking where GIF is installed...
> checking for DGifOpenFileHandle in -lgif... no
> checking gif_lib.h usability... no
> checking gif_lib.h presence... no
> checking for gif_lib.h... no
> configure: error: cannot find gif headers in system path
>
> I noticed a recent post on mapserver-dev about adding an additional flag to configure for gifs.  But, when I try ./configure --with-gd=/usr/ --with-gif=/usr/  or (./configure --with-gd=/usr/ --with-gif=/usr)  I get an error message telling me that MapServer can't find the gif stuff.
> configure: checking where GIF is installed...
> configure: error: cannot find gif lib in /usr/
>
> I didn't compile gif_lib and don't see it anywhere in /usr.  Do I need to compile a gif lib before or after compiling GD, or can MapServer just use the gif support in GD?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> David.
>
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