[Ubuntu] gdal 1.9.1 installation

[Johan Van de Wauw]

On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 10:00 PM, alassane toure <atourej at gmail.com> wrote:
> Please find attached the code and associated error after compilation...
>
> gcc -o test imagescale.cpp -I /usr/include/gdal -lgdal
> /usr/bin/ld: /tmp/ccrySeCX.o: undefined reference to symbol
> 'floor@@GLIBC_2.2.5'
> //lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: error adding symbols: DSO missing from
> command line
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

You are missing libmath, add -lm (previous versions of gcc had this
automatically):
gcc -o test imagescale.cpp -I /usr/include/gdal -lgdal -lm

>
>
> On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Johan Van de Wauw
> <johan.vandewauw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Please include the error. And possibly also the file if it is no
>> secret, will help you get a much better answer.
>>
>> Johan
>>
>> BTW: keep the ubuntugis list in cc, other people may benefit from
>> reading how we solved your problem.
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 9:39 PM, alassane toure <atourej at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Johan,
>> > I am not a sophisticated user of gdal.  I am looking for the easiest way
>> > to
>> > have the compiler running.  As such, I followed your instruction by
>> > running
>> > the version included in ubuntu "sudo apt-get install libgdal-dev" but
>> > the
>> > compilation of the program test.cpp did not work.  This issue started
>> > when i
>> > install the latest ubuntu version.
>> >
>> > Again, thanks for your insight!
>> >
>> > On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Johan Van de Wauw
>> > <johan.vandewauw at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hello Alassane,
>> >>
>> >> First of all, you should tell us what you actually want to achieve.
>> >> You may be better of using the gdal libraries which are already part
>> >> of ubuntu rather than compiling your own version.
>> >>
>> >> If you want to use the version of gdal included in ubuntu install the
>> >> package libgdal-dev . You can do so using your favorite package
>> >> manager or using the command prompt: sudo apt-get install libgdal-dev
>> >>
>> >> If you do that your command will probably work without extra effort.
>> >>
>> >> If there is a good reason to install your own version, you can still
>> >> do so, but you should be aware that you are probably installing to
>> >> /usr/local instead of /usr.
>> >>
>> >> In that case you should adjust for the include:
>> >> gcc -o test test.cpp -I /usr/local/include/gdal -lgdal
>> >>
>> >> adjusting the linking is slightly more work.try running ldconfig (as
>> >> root so sudo ldconfig) first after the installation. If that does not
>> >> work make sure  that the directory /usr/local/lib is part of
>> >> /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig again.
>> >>
>> >> Johan
>> >>
>> >> Johan
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 9:12 PM, alassane toure <atourej at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > I was able to run it successfully but the following command did not
>> >> > work..
>> >> > gcc -o test test.cpp -I /usr/include/gdal -lgdal
>> >> >
>> >> > Any thoughts?
>> >> > Thanks,
>> >> >
>> >> > On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Johan Van de Wauw
>> >> > <johan.vandewauw at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On ubuntu, run "sudo make install"
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Alternatively, you may wait a few days until gdal 1.11.1 hits
>> >> >> ubuntugis-unstable.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Johan
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 8:11 PM, alassane toure <atourej at gmail.com>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> > Group,
>> >> >> > I downloaded the gdal version 1.11.1 and followed instructions
>> >> >> > provided
>> >> >> > in
>> >> >> > http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/BuildingOnUnix
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > % cd gdal
>> >> >> > % ./configure
>> >> >> > % make
>> >> >> > % su
>> >> >> > Password: ********
>> >> >> > # make install
>> >> >> > # exit
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > All went well but without a 'su' credential, I was unable to
>> >> >> > complete
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > installation.
>> >> >> > I am running windows and unix on the same machine with the same
>> >> >> > access
>> >> >> > username and password.  Do i need to create a su account
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > or is there another way to have the gdal compiler working again?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I appreciate your help
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Regards,
>> >> >> > Alassane
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Alassane Toure
>> >> >> > <atourej at gmail.com>
>> >> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Group,
>> >> >> >> I need help to install GDAL 1.9.1 on Ubuntu 12.04.  I first
>> >> >> >> downloaded
>> >> >> >> gdal-1.9.1.tar.gz, uncompressed it and executed  ./configure.
>> >> >> >> Where
>> >> >> >> do
>> >> >> >> I go
>> >> >> >> from here?
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Thanks for your help
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
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