“The beast is actively interested only in now, and, as it is always now and always shall be, there is an eternity of time for the accomplishment of objects.”
- the wisdom of Tarzan
- the wisdom of Tarzan
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Build Notes
The version listed is what the instructions refer to, there may be a more recent version. Many depend on a previous library being installed.
Each major OSX version has its own section in the notes. Builds are not meant to be backwards-compatible for older OSX versions, but are generally forwards-compatible with later versions. Tiger builds are universal. Leopard builds are quad-arch universal 32+64bits. Compilation uses the ccub trick when needed. See the Universal & 64bit notes for more info.
Framework Support
These are needed only when compiling the frameworks (GDAL only, really) from source.
| Package | Version | Last Change | Depends | Build | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CFITSIO | 3.2x | 2010/7/26 | - | build | |
| DAP | 3.9.x | 2009/8/8 | - | build | |
| ECW | 3.3 | 2008/12/10 | libjpeg | build | |
| Szip | 2.x | 2010/7/26 | - | build | Compression used in HDF |
| HDF4 | 4.2.x | 2010/7/26 | jpeg, szip | build | |
| HDF5 | 1.8.x | 2010/7/26 | szip | build | |
| OGDI | 3.2.x | 2010/7/27 | expat, proj.4 | build | |
| NetCDF | 4.x | 2010/7/28 | - | build | |
| Xerces | 3.1 | 2010/7/27 | - | build | Full XML library |
Application & Framework Support
These support end-products and frameworks. If using the frameworks as a base, these need to be compiled for application end-products (see the application's requirements) and some frameworks.
| Package | Version | Last Change | Depends | Build | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GD | 2.0.36rc1 | 2010/7/27 | libjpeg, libpng, freetype2 | build | |
| FFMPEG | SVN | - | - | build | video encoding |
| ming | 0.4.3 | 2010/7/27 | libgif, libpng, freetype2 | build | Flash library |
| libfftw | 3.1.x | 2008/6/27 | - | build | Used in i.fft, i.ifft GRASS modules. |
| Tcl/Tk | 8.5.x | 2010/7/27 | - | build | Tcl/Tk support will be removed in GRASS 7 in favor of Python. |
| expat | 2.0.1 | 2010/7/27 | - | build | Simple XML library |
| MySQL | 5.x | 2009/8/7 | - | build | See phpMyAdmin for an excellent MySQL web-based client to manage databases. |
| wxPython | 2.8.x | 2010/7/30 | libjpeg, libpng, libtiff | build | GUI toolkit in Python |
Binaries Available
These have binaries available. The frameworks include the Framework Support libraries statically linked (in italics below). The applications include the other Support libraries and programs above.
| Package | Version | Last Change | Depends | Build | Binary | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| giflib | 4.1.x | 2010/7/26 | - | build | UnixImageIO framework | |
| libjpeg | 8b | 2010/7/26 | - | build | UnixImageIO framework | |
| libpng | 1.4.x | 2010/7/26 | - | build | UnixImageIO framework | |
| libtiff | 4.0b | 2010/7/26 | libjpeg | build | UnixImageIO framework | |
| geotiff | 1.3.x | 2010/7/26 | libtiff, libjpeg, PROJ | build | UnixImageIO framework | |
| libjasper | 1.900.1 UUID | 2010/7/26 | libjpeg | build | UnixImageIO framework | JPEG2000 library. |
| freetype2 | 2.4.x | 2010/7/26 | - | build | FreeType framework | |
| Cairo | 1.8.x | 2010/7/27 | libpng, freetype2 | build | cairo framework | 2D graphics library for multiple output devices |
| PROJ.4 | 4.7.x | 2010/7/26 | - | build | PROJ framework | Get the proj source AND the datum files. |
| GEOS | 3.x | 2010/7/26 | - | build | GEOS framework | |
| GSL | 1.14 | 2010/7/27 | - | build | GSL framework | |
| PostgreSQL | 8.4.x | 2010/7/27 | - | build | PostgreSQL | |
| PostGIS | 1.5.x | 2010/7/28 | PostgreSQL, GEOS, PROJ | build | PostGIS | |
| WKTRaster | 0.1.x | 2010/7/28 | PostgreSQL, PostGIS, GEOS, GDAL | build | WKTRaster | raster extension for PostGIS |
| pgRouting | 1.0.3 | - | PostgreSQL | build | pgRouting | |
| RdbiPgSQL | - | - | PostgreSQL, R | build | RdbiPgSQL | |
| PHP | 5.x | 2010/7/29 |
libjpeg, libpng, libtiff, libjasper, freetype, GD, MySQL, PostgreSQL | build | PHP | |
| GDAL/OGR | 1.7.x | 2010/7/29 |
libgif, libjpeg, libpng, libtiff, libjasper, PROJ, HDF, NetCDF, CFITSIO, GEOS, OGDI, MrSID, MySQL, PostgreSQL | build | GDAL framework | |
| GRASS | 6.4 | 2009/3/1 |
libjpeg, libpng, libtiff, freetype, PROJ, GDAL, Postgres, sqlite, FFTW, MySQL, ffmpeg, tcltk, Python, wxpython | build | GRASS | |
| MapServer | 5.x | 2010/3/26 |
libjpeg, libpng, freetype, GD, AGG, ming, pdflib, PROJ, GDAL, GEOS, Postgres | build | MapServer | |
| Qgis | 1.x | - |
expat, GDAL, GEOS, PROJ, sqlite, gsl, GRASS, Qt, Python, PyQt | build | Qgis |
Old Stuff
These are not used any more. I won't be updating their build instructions, don't ask for help.
| Package | Version | Last Change | Depends | Build | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGG | 2.4 | 2009/3/1 | - | build | Get v2.4 for its more compatible BSD license (2.5+ uses the GPL), not needed in Mapserver 5.6+ (now in source) |
| libharu | 2.1.0 | 2009/3/1 | libpng | build | PDF library, slow development, cairo also does PDF |
| PDFlib | 6.0.3 | 2009/3/1 | - | build | 'The' PDF library, but not very open-source fiendly |
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