you have to install the gif header files, ie the giflib-dev package of your system. the configure script is looking for gif_lib.h.
regards, thomas On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 19:10, Fawcett, David (MPCA) <[email protected]> wrote: > I am working on compiling a pretty stripped down mapserv binary based on > trunk (11/25) on CentOS 5. I successfully compiled GD with jpeg, png, and > freetype support. Gdlib-config --features returns GD_JPEG, GD_FREETYPE, > GD_PNG, GD_GIF, GD_GIFANIM, GD_OPENPOLYGON. > > When I try to compile MapServer using the basic ./configure --with-gd=/usr/, > I get a bunch of messages saying that MapServer can't find the gif stuff > configure: checking where GIF is installed... > checking for DGifOpenFileHandle in -lgif... no > checking gif_lib.h usability... no > checking gif_lib.h presence... no > checking for gif_lib.h... no > configure: error: cannot find gif headers in system path > > I noticed a recent post on mapserver-dev about adding an additional flag to > configure for gifs. But, when I try ./configure --with-gd=/usr/ > --with-gif=/usr/ or (./configure --with-gd=/usr/ --with-gif=/usr) I get an > error message telling me that MapServer can't find the gif stuff. > configure: checking where GIF is installed... > configure: error: cannot find gif lib in /usr/ > > I didn't compile gif_lib and don't see it anywhere in /usr. Do I need to > compile a gif lib before or after compiling GD, or can MapServer just use the > gif support in GD? > > Any help is greatly appreciated. > > David. > > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users > _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
