[FGS] Error when compiling Shapelib contrib folder

[Reyes, Jr., Buenaventura L.]

Hao Zhang,

Thanks for your fast reply. 

Yes I could not find the 'proj' file, but can you direct me to where I can download or get that 'proj' package. I am new to Linux and I am just doing it bit by bit.

Thanks,
Jun Reyes
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation
Manila, Philippines

-----Original Message-----
From: Normand Savard [mailto:nsavard at mapgears.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 9:37 PM
To: Hao Zhang
Cc: Reyes, Jr., Buenaventura L.; foss-gis-suite at lists.maptools.org
Subject: Re: [FGS] Error when compiling Shapelib contrib folder

Hao Zhang wrote:
> From these two lines of output you pasted:
>
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lproj
>
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> It seems that 'proj' package is not installed in your Red Hat Linux. 
> You need to install it first. Please correct me if anyone else finds 
> this is not the root cause for the problem.
>
Hao,

That makes sense.

Norm