[mapserver-users] Shell-script to compile MapServer in a user directory tree

[Jan Hartmann]

  Hi all,

The last few months I have been working in a Cloud environment with lots 
of virtual machines, all with MapServer, PostGIS and PL/R. I couldn't 
work with binaries, since different sites needed different 
configurations. It's not difficult to compile MapServer once you have 
done it a few times, but it becomes boring if you need to do it dozens 
of times. So I made a shell-script that on the one hand compiles the 
whole MapServer-PostGIS-PLR suite with one command, but leaves the 
possibility to adapt every configuration parameter. Everything is done 
at the user level: no super user rights are needed, no system files are 
changed, and the whole installation takes place within a single 
directory tree. Multiple installations can coexist on the same 
computer.  You can find it, together with instructions, at:

http://mapserver.sara.nl/Install

I tried out four different configurations on dozens of virtual machines, 
installed from standard distribution DVD's: Debian, Fedora, Suse and the 
OSGEO Live CD (Xubuntu) , so I'm reasonably sure it works on fresh, 
modern installation. Older and much-used systems could give trouble, 
although I don't expect many problems there either. Let me know if this 
is useful for you and how it could be  ameliorated.

Jan
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