How to install GDAL and PROJ4 from sources (tested on several linux distros)

— prerequisites to install gdal and proj4 ——–

yum install gcc-c++ yum install gcc yum install libpng yum install libtiff

————- proj4 —————-

wget http://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-4.6.1.tar.gz tar -zvxf proj-4.6.1.tar.gz cd proj-4.6.1 ./configure make make install

————- gdal ———————–

wget http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/gdal-1.5.3.tar.gz tar -zvxf gdal-1.5.3.tar.gz cd gdal-1.5.3 ./configure –with-static-proj4=/usr/local/lib –with-threads –with-libtiff=internal –with-geotiff=internal –with-jpeg=internal –with-gif=internal –with-png=internal –with-libz=internal make make install

Note ! you may need to run “make install” as “sudo make install” or as root