Building GDAL/OGR

• DownloadSource - getting source from packages or subversion
• SupportedCompilers - table of compilers and versions tested to successfully build GDAL

Unix Issues

• BuildingOnUnix - the basics of building on Unix.
• BuildingOnUnixWithMinimizedDrivers - instructions for building GDAL on Unix with minimal set of drivers
• LibtoolBuildIssues: With libtool or --without-libtool?
• LargeFileSupport - supporting files larger than 4GB.
• SolarisNotes - notes about building GDAL on Solaris
• IRIXBuild - notes about building GDAL on IRIX with MIPSpro compiler
• OpenEmbedded - notes about building GDAL for OpenEmbedded

Windows Issues

• BuildingOnWindows - the basics of building on Windows using ​Microsoft Visual C++
• BuildingOnWindowsWithMinimizedDrivers - instructions for building GDAL on Windows with minimal set of drivers
• BuildingWithMinGW - guide about how to build on Windows using ​MinGW

External Library Issues

• HDF - building in HDF support.
• JP2KAK - Kakadu library is one JPEG2000 option.
• MrSID - using MRSID SDK for .sid and JPEG2000.
• ECW - using ECW SDK for .ecw and JPEG2000
• JasPer - another library for JPEG2000 support.
• NetCDF - use netcdf library.
• GRASS - building GDAL with GRASS support.
• LibCurl - building WMS/WCS/HTTP drivers using libcurl.
• DxfDwg - building DXFDWG driver.
• Oracle - building and using OGR with Oracle support.