[mapserver-users] [EXTERNAL] MapServer on Centos 7

[Newcomb, Doug]

Spotted this, have not tried it:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45104610/installing-
mapserver-using-rpms-in-chef-12

Doug

On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 10:59 AM, Mark Jackson <mark.jackson at cerc.co.uk>
wrote:

> Hi there
>
> We have a managed server with MapServer and Centos. We asked our ISP about
> moving to a new server and they said MapServer "would not work well with
> CentOS7, certainly not without a great deal of customisation and it's
> something we would not recommend. " (I am not convinced they know much
> about MapServer though...)
>
> Does MapServer work well on Centos 7?
> Is there a web page that says MapServer works well on Centos 7 - so I can
> send it to the ISP ?
>
> Back in 2011 the same ISP installed MapServer 5.6.6 onto Centos 5 quite
> easily, compiling it from source. I don't know exactly why they are
> reluctant to install MapServer on Centos 7 - they have not given details.
> We would be happy to use the most up-to-date MapServer, 7.
>
> I've looked at mapserver.org but can't find anything clear about Centos 7
> support. I think the most relevant pages are the download page
> http://mapserver.org/uk/download.html and the compiling on Unix page
> http://mapserver.org/installation/unix.html
>
> (I'm reluctant to shift to another ISP because up to now, these guys have
> been excellent. I'd like to convince them that MapServer is fine on Centos
> 7.)
>
> Thanks
> Mark
>
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