MapGuide OpenSource on Ubuntu

Posted February 8, 2007 * Comments(2)

Well, I’m three days in to trying to compile and install the latest version of MapGuide OpenSource on Ubuntu Dapper Drake and it’s quite hard going. Maybe it’s just naivety on my part, but I’m constantly amazed at how many other packages are required, that are not in the documentation, before the various components will install. It’s not the first time I’ve done this either, as I tried it on Suse 9 and Fedora 4 last year and I had the same problem then. I wonder if sometimes the developers forget that relative n00bs like me might have clean systems, without all the extra libraries installed.

Anyhow, once I finally get through it (if it’s even possible…) I’ll post some updated instructions and pointers to try and make the process a little easier in future, both for me and others. At the moment it has failed again, so I’ve had to admit defeat and ask on the mailing list. Hopefully I’ll make some progress tomorrow…

2 Comments so far

  1. Dean Hardy on February 18th, 2007

    Please do let us know if you get it running. That would be great! I’m a newb too, having recently set up Dapper as a server on my home box. I’ve just begun looking for open source interactive mapping software, but haven’t found anything that will allow me to do what I want yet. Thanks for your efforts!

  2. admin on February 20th, 2007

    Thanks for popping by Dean. There’s a massive range of mapping software out there, of varying degrees of maturity and functionality, so good luck! I’ll continue posting on my luck with Mapguide OpenSource, but have to concentrate on some “real work” for a few days.

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