Building on Unix with Autotools

The following instructions are dedicated to users of Unix-like systems (Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, *BSD, etc.)

Requirements

• Decent C++ compiler and C++ Standard Library, ​GNU GCC 4.x or later recommended
• Download the latest source code release or checkout from SVN trunk.

Configure

Note, if you are building GEOS downloaded from SVN, you need to have ​Autotools available in your system, so you can first generate ./configure script using the following command:

$ ./autogen.sh

Now, run configuration script:

$ ./configure

For more details about configuration options run:

$ ./configure --help

Build

$ make

Test

$ make check

Install

$ make install

Build Hints

Feel free to update this article with other GEOS build hints that may be useful for users of Unix-like systems.

Solaris

• From #331 - Build fails on linking on Solaris

$ LIBS="-lm" ./configure ...