[Xastir] SHapefile question

[Curt Mills, WE7U]

On Sat, 27 Dec 2003, John Place wrote:

> Get the following messages on shapefil when compiling.
> 
> 
> checking shapefil.h usability... yes
> checking shapefil.h presence... yes
> checking for shapefil.h... yes
> checking for DBFOpen in -lshp... no
> checking libshp/shapefil.h usability... no
> checking libshp/shapefil.h presence... no
> checking for libshp/shapefil.h... no
> 
> Am I supposed to have something in the libshp directory somewhere?

As I recall it looks for the library in two places.  Some versions of
Shapelib install the library one place, some another.

Did you add "/usr/local/lib" to /etc/ld.so.conf, and then run
"ldconfig" as root after you installed Shapelib?  I believe the docs
mention to do that.  If not, they should.

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