[mapserver-users] ERROR WORKING WITH MAPSERVER

[Stephen Woodbridge]

On 3/2/2013 11:52 AM, jgranadosp at gmail.com wrote:
> <quote author='Stephen Woodbridge'>
> On 3/2/2013 11:17 AM, reactorh wrote:
>> Any one could give me a hand on this.....
>>
>> Thx
>
> So you got:
>
>   > I compilded Mapserver and when i try to used it i got this:
>   >  PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library
>   >
> '/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/php_mapscript.so' -
>   > libmapserver-6.2.0.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
>   > directory in Unknown on line 0
>
> and ldd says this is the file it is looking for:
>
> /usr/local/lib/libmapserver-6.2.0.so
>
> So does this file exist?
>
> ls -l /usr/local/lib/libmapserver-6.2.0.so
>
> It need permission so that PHP can access it. It should be owned by root.
>
> So on my system I have stuff like:
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    5942968 2012-07-02 09:36 libmapserver-6.1-dev.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    5934502 2012-07-14 17:10
> libmapserver-6.2.0-beta1.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    5933786 2012-08-01 10:40
> libmapserver-6.2.0-beta2.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    5947268 2012-11-12 10:14 libmapserver-6.3-dev.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root       2066 2012-11-12 10:14 libmapserver.la
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root         23 2012-11-12 10:14 libmapserver.so ->
> libmapserver-6.3-dev.so
>
> Notice that libmapserver.so is a symlink that points to another file. If
> you have a symlink make sure you have the file it needs to point to also.
>
> If you are not sure about this stuff and nobody else is using mapserver
> on this box, you could clean it up by doing:
>
> # remove all the mapserver libraries
> sudo rm /usr/local/lib/libmapserver*
>
> cd /path/to/mapserver/src
> sudo make install
>
> # and for good measure
> sudo ldconfig
>
> then try your test again.
>
> -Steve
>
> -Steve
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>
> Ok, Jeff i did what u said.....
>
> i got this:
> root at server [/]# find / -name libmapserver*
> /root/map/mapserver-6.2.0/libmapserver.la
> /root/map/mapserver-6.2.0/.libs/libmapserver.so
> /root/map/mapserver-6.2.0/.libs/libmapserver-6.2.0.so
> /root/map/mapserver-6.2.0/.libs/libmapserver.lai
> /root/map/mapserver-6.2.0/.libs/libmapserver.la
> /usr/local/lib/libmapserver.so
> /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/libmapserver-6.2.0.so
> /usr/local/lib/libmapserver.la
> /usr/local/lib/libmapserver-6.2.0.so
> so the libraries are in the server.....
>
> I dont know what i'm doing wrong....
>
> thx
>

what does this say:

ls -l /usr/local/lib/libmapserver-6.2.0.so

Find will report a symlink that does not link to a valid file.

And if ls reports a link indicated by -> /path/to/other/file
Does /path/to/other/file exist?

-Steve