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Building GDAL on Linux

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See also my newer PostGIS page. I have GDAL build instructions there, too.

See also Building GDAL on Mac.

These are notes on how I have built GDAL to run on Linux systems. I do this to get the newest versions, and to add support for ESRI and MrSID files. If you don't need these things, by all means use packages. (apt-get or yum) This is extra
pain that you don't need.

Oh; if you don't know what GDAL is, look at the Wikipedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GDAL).

Contents
1 Build prerequisites
2 OGDI support for VMAP
3 JPEG2000
3.1 OpenJPEG
3.2 Jasper
4 Non-free support
4.1 ESRI file geodatabases
4.2 Lizardtech MrSID raster files
5 2015-Oct-02 GDAL build
5.1 GEOS
5.2 Supporting actors
5.2.1 PDF support
5.2.2 MrSID support
5.3 Building GDAL (finally!)
5.4 Does it work? Quick test

Build prerequisites
sudo apt-get install subversion git
sudo apt-get install swig python-dev
sudo apt-get install cmake-qt-gui make bison flex gcc g++ libtool
sudo apt-get install lib1g-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev liblcms2-dev liblcms2-utils

sudo apt-get install libpng12-dev libtiff4-dev

sudo apt-get install libspatialite-dev

You might also need, depending on how you install PostGIS

sudo apt-get install libpq-dev

OGDI support for VMAP

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http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_ogdi.html

sudo apt-get install ogdi-bin libogdi3.2-dev

JPEG2000
Options for JPEG2000 support include

LizardTech MrSID SDK (--with-jp2mrsid) (costs money to use encoder)

Jasper (--with-jasper)
Kakadu (commercial license "if you have to ask...") http://www.kakadusoftware.com/
OpenJPEG (--with-openjpeg)

Which is best?? Choose one

OpenJPEG

sudo apt-get -y install libopenjpeg-dev openjpeg-tools

Jasper

You want the Jasper from the remotesensing site, not the official one. It has support for something called GeoJP2

ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/gdal/

Building gdal on my 64-bit Debian system required this

cd jasper src dir

export CFLAGS="-fPIC -m64"
./configure
make; sudo make install
unset CFLAGS
sudo ldconfig

Non-free support
ESRI file geodatabases

NOTE 1: You won't be able to access FGDBs created before ArcGIS 10.0
NOTE 2: To get ESRI FGDB support requires gdal 1.9.0 or better

I want to be able to script loading data from file geodatabases into postgis, as described in the GDAL page. Refer to the GDAL FGDB driver page (http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_filegdb.html)

Agree to their terms and then download the file gdb API from the ESRI site (http://www.esri.com/apps/products/download/).

Here you will find build instructions (http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/FileGDB).

I put the lib*so files in /usr/local/lib

cd FileGDB_API
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`/lib
cd samples
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make
sudo cp ../lib/* /usr/local/lib
sudo ldconfig

Lizardtech MrSID raster files

Go to the Lizardtech developer site (http://developer.lizardtech.com/), sign up, and download the DSDK. Unpack it in a convenient place then tell gdal configure where to find it. You don't need to install anything unless you want to use their
utilities.

2015-Oct-02 GDAL build

I generally build GDAL from sources so that I can add the non-standard parts such as MRSID support. (Regarding Geospatial PDF, see http://www.gdal.org/frmt_pdf.html -- there are links to further documentation and sample GeoPDF's at the
bottom of this page.)

GEOS

libgeos is not optional. I prefer to build the latest as it is updated far more often than the repostory version.

When I had the free commercial MrSID tools installed, I had some trouble because the GDAL build kept seeing the bundled libraries. MrSID uses GEOS, too, but an outdated version. Make sure your environment is not set to expose the old
library to the whole system.

wget http://download.osgeo.org/geos/geos-3.5.0.tar.bz2
tar xjf geos*bz2
cd geos*
./configure --enable-python
make -j 10
sudo make install
cd ..

Supporting actors

You can install these if you need support for other less common formats.

PDF support

Poppler is for PDF support, see also PoDoFo

# UBUNTU and current Debian -- First install required prerequisite packages

sudo apt-get -y install libproj-dev libpoppler-dev

# DEBIAN -- older version "lenny" with backports in this example

sudo apt-get -t lenny-backports install proj libpoppler3 libpoppler-dev

MrSID support

I just tell GDAL where to find the library in the MrSID directory.

Spatialite

sudo apt-get install libsqlite3-dev

wget http://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/libspatialite-sources/libspatialite-4.3.0.tar.gz

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tar xzvf libspatialite*gz
cd libspatialite-*
./configure --enable-freexl=no
make -j 10
sudo make install

Building GDAL (finally!)

I grab the source code directly from the subversion repository at OSGEO.

First time, when you need the complete source

cd ~/src/GIS/
svn checkout https://svn.osgeo.org/gdal/trunk/gdal gdal
cd gdal

or later on, when you just need to update, (unless it tells you your copy is too old)

cd ~/src/GIS/gdal
svn update

I put together a script called CONFIG.gdal with one of the following configure lines in it.

On good days I use this, it has ESRI and MrSID installed.

./configure --with-python --with-poppler=yes \

--with-geos --with-geotiff --with-jpeg --with-png --with-expat --with-libkml --with-xerces-c \
--with-mrsid=$HOME/src/GIS/MrSID/Raster_DSDK \
--with-fgdb=$HOME/src/GIS/FileGDB_API \
--with-openjpeg --with-geos --with-pg \
--with-curl \
--with-spatialite \
--with-expat

On bad days 03-04-13 it won't build right now so I cut a bunch of unneeded stuff out and finally got it to build with this. I don't know exactly why it won't build with all the formats above but I don't really care enough to investigate because
what I am doing is trying to get to the point where I can build QGIS from source. I know ogdi and openjpeg were causing problems for me. I had to set to "no" to stop them from being included. Leaving it off the list was not enough.

./configure --with-python --with-poppler=no \

--with-geos --with-geotiff --with-jpeg --with-png \
--with-mrsid=$HOME/src/GIS/MrSID/Raster_DSDK --with-fgdb=$HOME/src/GIS/FileGDB_API \
--with-openjpeg=no --with-pg --with-ogdi=no --with-curl

OR on my public server I use this, where I don't need as much support for different file formats

./configure --with-python --with-poppler=yes \

--with-openjpeg --with-geos \
--with-ogdi

OR at Alsea Geospatial I used this

./configure --with-python --with-poppler --with-pg --with-curl --with-openjpeg \

--with-geos --with-geotiff --with-jpeg --with-png --with-expat --with-libkml --with-xerces-c \
--with-mrsid=$HOME/src/GIS/MrSID/Raster_DSDK \

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--with-java=/opt/oracle/jdk1.7.0_09 --with-fgdb=$HOME/src/GIS/FileGDB_API \
--with-mdb

After configuring successfully (all the formats you need say YES) then do the build and install. Take a break, it takes a long time even giving it 10 CPU's.

make -j 10
sudo make install

Does it work? Quick test

% gdalinfo 1501ANC4815_geo.pdf
Driver: PDF/Geospatial PDF
Files: 1501ANC4815_geo.pdf
Size is 4470, 3375
Coordinate System is:
PROJCS["UTM Zone 48, Northern Hemisphere",
GEOGCS["Indian 1960",
DATUM["Indian_1960",
SPHEROID["Everest 1830 (1937 Adjustment)",6377276.345,300.8017,
AUTHORITY["EPSG","7015"]],
TOWGS84[198,881,317,0,0,0,0],
AUTHORITY["EPSG","6131"]],
PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],
AUTHORITY["EPSG","4131"]],
PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],
PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],
PARAMETER["central_meridian",105],
PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],
PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],
PARAMETER["false_northing",0],
UNIT["Meter",1]]
GeoTransform =
429999.053008, 42.34642896, 0.04051872
999725.914982, 0.04124303999999999, -42.332688
Metadata:
NEATLINE=POLYGON ((445035.80158801417565 999277.556482305750251,444993.235997625160962 991902.349403560161591,444864.738057852664497 884201.712978136376478,452159.580137342331 884208.817744017927907,585964.54743435990531 884289.527591207530349,614
Corner Coordinates:
Upper Left ( 429999.053, 999725.915) (104d21'46.72"E, 9d 2'39.27"N)
Lower Left ( 430135.804, 856853.093) (104d21'58.76"E, 7d45' 6.78"N)
Upper Right ( 619287.590, 999910.271) (106d 5' 7.80"E, 9d 2'41.48"N)
Lower Right ( 619424.341, 857037.449) (106d 4'59.36"E, 7d45' 9.52"N)
Center ( 524711.697, 928381.682) (105d13'28.20"E, 8d23'57.68"N)
Band 1 Block=4470x1 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Red
Band 2 Block=4470x1 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Green
Band 3 Block=4470x1 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Blue

JOY! It works!

To see if it built all required formats, for real, you can check:

% gdalinfo --formats
Supported Formats:
VRT (rw+v): Virtual Raster
GTiff (rw+v): GeoTIFF
NITF (rw+v): National Imagery Transmission Format
RPFTOC (rov): Raster Product Format TOC format
HFA (rw+v): Erdas Imagine Images (.img)
SAR_CEOS (rov): CEOS SAR Image
CEOS (rov): CEOS Image
JAXAPALSAR (ro): JAXA PALSAR Product Reader (Level 1.1/1.5)

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GFF (rov): Ground-based SAR Applications Testbed File Format (.gff)
ELAS (rw+): ELAS
AIG (rov): Arc/Info Binary Grid
AAIGrid (rwv): Arc/Info ASCII Grid
SDTS (rov): SDTS Raster
DTED (rwv): DTED Elevation Raster
PNG (rwv): Portable Network Graphics
JPEG (rwv): JPEG JFIF
MEM (rw+): In Memory Raster
JDEM (ro): Japanese DEM (.mem)
GIF (rwv): Graphics Interchange Format (.gif)
BIGGIF (rov): Graphics Interchange Format (.gif)
ESAT (ro): Envisat Image Format
BSB (rov): Maptech BSB Nautical Charts
XPM (rwv): X11 PixMap Format
BMP (rw+v): MS Windows Device Independent Bitmap
DIMAP (rov): SPOT DIMAP
AirSAR (ro): AirSAR Polarimetric Image
RS2 (ro): RadarSat 2 XML Product
PCIDSK (rw+v): PCIDSK Database File
PCRaster (rw): PCRaster Raster File
ILWIS (rw+v): ILWIS Raster Map
SGI (rw+): SGI Image File Format 1.0
SRTMHGT (rwv): SRTMHGT File Format
Leveller (rw+): Leveller heightfield
Terragen (rw+): Terragen heightfield
ISIS3 (rov): USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 3)
ISIS2 (rov): USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 2)
PDS (rov): NASA Planetary Data System
TIL (ro): EarthWatch .TIL
ERS (rw+): ERMapper .ers Labelled
JPEG2000 (rwv): JPEG-2000 part 1 (ISO/IEC 15444-1)
L1B (ro): NOAA Polar Orbiter Level 1b Data Set
FIT (rwv): FIT Image
GRIB (rov): GRIdded Binary (.grb)
MrSID (ro): Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database (MrSID)
JP2MrSID (ro): MrSID JPEG2000
RMF (rw+): Raster Matrix Format
WCS (ro): OGC Web Coverage Service
WMS (ro): OGC Web Map Service
MSGN (ro): EUMETSAT Archive native (.nat)
RST (rw+): Idrisi Raster A.1
INGR (rw+v): Intergraph Raster
GSAG (rw): Golden Software ASCII Grid (.grd)
GSBG (rw+): Golden Software Binary Grid (.grd)
GS7BG (ro): Golden Software 7 Binary Grid (.grd)
COSAR (ro): COSAR Annotated Binary Matrix (TerraSAR-X)
TSX (ro): TerraSAR-X Product
COASP (ro): DRDC COASP SAR Processor Raster
R (rwv): R Object Data Store
PNM (rw+): Portable Pixmap Format (netpbm)
DOQ1 (ro): USGS DOQ (Old Style)
DOQ2 (ro): USGS DOQ (New Style)
ENVI (rw+v): ENVI .hdr Labelled
EHdr (rw+v): ESRI .hdr Labelled
GenBin (ro): Generic Binary (.hdr Labelled)
PAux (rw+): PCI .aux Labelled
MFF (rw+): Vexcel MFF Raster
MFF2 (rw+): Vexcel MFF2 (HKV) Raster
FujiBAS (ro): Fuji BAS Scanner Image
GSC (ro): GSC Geogrid
FAST (ro): EOSAT FAST Format
BT (rw+): VTP .bt (Binary Terrain) 1.3 Format
LAN (rov): Erdas .LAN/.GIS
CPG (ro): Convair PolGASP
IDA (rw+): Image Data and Analysis
NDF (ro): NLAPS Data Format
EIR (rov): Erdas Imagine Raw
DIPEx (ro): DIPEx
LCP (rov): FARSITE v.4 Landscape File (.lcp)
GTX (rw+v): NOAA Vertical Datum .GTX
LOSLAS (rov): NADCON .los/.las Datum Grid Shift
NTv2 (rw+v): NTv2 Datum Grid Shift
RIK (ro): Swedish Grid RIK (.rik)
USGSDEM (rw): USGS Optional ASCII DEM (and CDED)
GXF (ro): GeoSoft Grid Exchange Format
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GXF (ro): GeoSoft Grid Exchange Format
HTTP (ro): HTTP Fetching Wrapper
NWT_GRD (ro): Northwood Numeric Grid Format .grd/.tab
NWT_GRC (ro): Northwood Classified Grid Format .grc/.tab
ADRG (rw+v): ARC Digitized Raster Graphics
SRP (rov): Standard Raster Product (ASRP/USRP)
BLX (rw): Magellan topo (.blx)
Rasterlite (rw): Rasterlite
PostGISRaster (ro): PostGIS Raster driver
SAGA (rw+v): SAGA GIS Binary Grid (.sdat)
KMLSUPEROVERLAY (rwv): Kml Super Overlay
XYZ (rwv): ASCII Gridded XYZ
HF2 (rwv): HF2/HFZ heightfield raster
OZI (rov): OZI

...all the right stuff!

Now back to the real work of Mapping Vietnam or building Xastir.

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