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Re-worked slightly to make clear to people that Ubutnu 12.04 has a suitable boost version already but it needs to be installed properly.

duebbert 2013-05-22 10:19:29 -07:00
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UbuntuInstallation.md

@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ First, remove any other old mapnik packages:
sudo apt-get purge libmapnik* mapnik-utils python-mapnik
```
### Ensure your boost version is recent enough
### Ensure your boost version is recent enough (at least 1.47)
Mapnik master may require a boost version more recent than provided by your Ubuntu distribution.
You can use the latest Boost version (that works with Mapnik) by installing Boost from the `mapnik/boost` PPA:
Ubuntu 12.04 Precise ships with 2 different boost versions: 1.46 and 1.48. Make sure you install the correct version (see below) or use the latest Boost version (that works with Mapnik) by installing Boost from the `mapnik/boost` PPA:
```sh
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mapnik/boost
@ -95,13 +95,23 @@ apt-cache policy libboost-dev
### Set up build environment
```sh
# get a build environment going...
# On Ubuntu 12.04 Precise, make sure you get the 1.48 boost packages:
sudo apt-get install \
libboost-filesystem1.48-dev \
libboost-program-options1.48-dev \
libboost-python1.48-dev libboost-regex1.48-dev \
libboost-system1.48-dev libboost-thread1.48-dev
# On newer system or if you've activated the mapnik PPA, then use this:
sudo apt-get install \
libicu-dev \
libboost-filesystem-dev \
libboost-program-options-dev \
libboost-python-dev libboost-regex-dev \
libboost-system-dev libboost-thread-dev \
# get a build environment going...
sudo apt-get install \
libicu-dev \
python-dev libxml2 libxml2-dev \
libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev \
libjpeg-dev \
@ -121,7 +131,12 @@ apt-cache policy libboost-dev
### Then compile and install Mapnik
```sh
# For the development branch:
git clone http://github.com/mapnik/mapnik
# Or instead download the latest version (currently 2.1.0):
wget https://github.com/downloads/mapnik/mapnik/mapnik-v2.1.0.tar.bz2
cd mapnik
./configure && make && sudo make install
```