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 <[email protected]> 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 > <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >> > <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >> >> 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 <[email protected]> >> >> > 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 >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > UbuntuGIS mailing list >> >> > [email protected] >> >> > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu >> >> > http://trac.osgeo.org/ubuntugis/wiki >> > >> > > > _______________________________________________ UbuntuGIS mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu http://trac.osgeo.org/ubuntugis/wiki
