[mapserver-users] Python MapScript compile error

[Alan Boudreault]

Hmm... I think we already  ship MapServer with the C wrapper generated. 
IIRC, you can use the standard way to build the python module also, 
which does not require swig:

cd mapscript/python && python setup.py build && python setup.py install

Alan

On 12-07-05 01:08 AM, Umberto Nicoletti wrote:
> python mapscript now requires swig 2.x: install it then rerun configure
> and make
>
> hth,
> Umberto
>
> On Thursday, July 5, 2012, Jackey Cheung wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     Not sure if i've done anything wrong. I've met the "Unknown option:
>     -a" while compiling Python MapScript.
>
>     MapServer: Git trunk, CentOS 6 box running on Intel Pentium D.
>     ./configure --with-wms --with-wfs --with-curl --with-jpeg
>     --with-freetype --with-png --with-threads --with-postgis --with-xml2
>     --with-libiconv --with-proj --with-ogr --with-gdal --with-cairo
>     --with-ftgl --with-opengl --with-threads --with-geos --with-postgis
>     --with-mysql --with-wmsclient --with-wfsclient --with-sos --with-wcs
>     --with-curl --with-kml --with-xml-mapfile --with-xslt --with-fastcgi
>     --with-exempi --with-fribidi-config --with-zlib --with-gd
>     --with-postgis --with-mysql --with-php --with-libsvg-cairo
>     --enable-fast-nint --enable-proj-fastpath --enable-point-z-m
>     --enable-python-mapscript
>
>     Although I don't need all these features yet, I've decided to test
>     compiling all of them in case I need them in future. Configure went
>     well, and finished with everything. But while compiling Python:
>     cd mapscript/python; make;
>     make[1]: Entering directory
>     `/home/jackey.cheung/mapserver-6.2.0-beta1/mapscript/python'
>     python -shadow -modern -templatereduce -fastdispatch -fvirtual
>     -fastproxy -modernargs -castmode -dirvtable -fastinit -fastquery
>     -noproxydel -nobuildnone -DUSE_PROJ_FASTPATHS  -DUSE_POINT_Z_M
>       -DUSE_FASTCGI -DUSE_SVG_CAIRO -DUSE_CAIRO -DUSE_FRIBIDI
>     -DUSE_FRIBIDI2 -DUSE_EXSLT -DUSE_XSLT -DUSE_XMLMAPFILE -DUSE_WMS_LYR
>     -DUSE_WFS_LYR -DUSE_SOS_SVR -DUSE_LIBXML2 -DUSE_CURL
>     -DUSE_CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH -DUSE_KML -DUSE_EXEMPI -DUSE_WCS_SVR
>     -DUSE_WFS_SVR -DUSE_WMS_SVR  -DUSE_MYSQL -DUSE_POSTGIS
>     -DPOSTGIS_HAS_SERVER_VERSION -DUSE_GDAL -DUSE_OGR -DUSE_GEOS
>       -DHAVE_SYNC_FETCH_AND_ADD -DUSE_THREAD -DUSE_PROJ -DUSE_OGL
>     -DUSE_FTGL  -DUSE_GD  -DUSE_GD_PNG -DUSE_GD_JPEG -DUSE_GD_GIF
>     -DUSE_ICONV -DUSE_JPEG -DUSE_GIF -DUSE_PNG -DUSE_FREETYPE
>     -DHAVE_VSNPRINTF -DNEED_STRLCPY -DNEED_STRLCAT -DNEED_STRRSTR
>     -DDISABLE_CVSID -o mapscript_wrap.c ../mapscript.i
>     Unknown option: -a
>     usage: python [option] ... [-c cmd | -m mod | file | -] [arg] ...
>     Try `python -h' for more information.
>
>     Any clue?
>
>
>
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Alan Boudreault
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