Add updated repository for ubuntu 8.10 intrepid :

# add repository to sources.list (thanks to Jef)
echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jef-norbit/ubuntu intrepid main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/jef-norbit/ubuntu intrepid main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

# Update  :
 
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

These repository give you an updated gdal version and a development version of qgis too (apt-get install qgis)

Install some depenndecies:

 
apt-get install libqt4-core libqt4-dev libqt4-gui libqt4-qt3support lsb-qt4 qt4-dev-tools qt4-doc qt4-qtconfig \
uim-qt gdal-bin libgdal1-dev libgeos-dev proj libgdal-doc libtiff4-dev subversion make g++ g++-4.1 gcc libgeotiff1.2 \
libgeotiff-dev libgeotiff-epsg cmake ffmpeg libavcodec51 libavcodec-dev libavdevice52 libavdevice-dev libavformat52 libavformat-dev \
libavutil49 libavutil-dev libswscale0 libswscale-dev 
  

Download and compile Openscenegraph from source :

svn co http://www.openscenegraph.org/svn/osg/OpenSceneGraph/tags/OpenSceneGraph-2.6.1 OpenSceneGraph
cd OpensceneGraph
mkdir build
cd build
ccmake .. # delete the not-find libraries from the cmake setting-lines
# press c to configure
# press g to generate makefile
make
sudo make install

Download ossim from svn:

cd
mkdir -p GIS/ossim
cd /GIS/ossim
svn co https://svn.osgeo.org/ossim/trunk .

Set the ossim environment variables :

echo "export OSSIM_DEV_HOME=/home/sasha/GIS/ossim" >> /home/sasha/.bashrc
echo "export OSSIM_HOME=/home/sasha/GIS/ossim/ossim" >> /home/sasha/.bashrc
echo "export OSSIM_QT_HOME=/home/sasha/GIS/ossim/ossim_qt" >> /home/sasha/.bashrc
echo "export OSSIM_LIB_DIR=/home/sasha/GIS/ossim/ossim/lib/ossim" >> /home/sasha/.bashrc
echo "export OSSIM_INC_DIR=/home/sasha/GIS/ossim/ossim/include" >> /home/sasha/.bashrc

Add /usr/local/lib and /usr/local/lib64 (if you're on 64 bit machine) to you're /etc/ld.so.conf.d/:

sudo touch /etc/ld.so.conf.d/local.conf
sudo echo "/usr/local/lib" >> /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ossim.conf
sudo echo "/usr/local/lib64" >> /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ossim.conf

Compile Ossim core libs:

cd /home/sasha/GIS/ossim/ossim
 ./configure --with-geotiff=/usr/include/geotiff --prefix=/usr --with-jpeg=/usr --with-libtif
make
sudo make install

To build libwms on ubuntu 8.10 download these patch :

​libwms_patch

Save the patch as libwms.patch and run :

cd /home/sasha/GIS/ossim/libwms
patch -Np0 < /path/to/libwms.patch 
make
sudo make install

Load the new libraries open a new terminal and type :

sudo ldconfig

Build the Qt4 Gui executable application "Imagelinker" and "iview"

cd /home/sasha/GIS/ossim/ossim_qt4
qmake ossim_qt4.pro
make
sudo make install

Build ossimPredator libs:

cd /home/sasha/GIS/ossim/ossimPredator
mkdir lib
cd src
make
sudo -s
sudo OSSIM_DEV_HOME=$OSSIM_DEV_HOME OSSIM_HOME=$OSSIM_HOME make install

Now build ossimplanet, fon ubuntu 8.10 download these patch:

​ossim_planet_patch

Save the patch as ossimPlanet.patch and run :

cd /home/sasha/GIS/ossim/ossimPlanet
patch -Np0 < /path/to/ossimPlanet.patch
OSSIMPREDATOR_LIB_DIR=/usr/local/lib make
sudo OSSIMPREDATOR_LIB_DIR=/usr/local/lib make install

now you shoul'd have an exacutable "ossimplanetviewer" based on x11 under : /usr/local/share/libossimplanet/bin/

Build the Qt4 Gui for OssimPlanet :

cd /home/sasha/GIS/ossim/ossimPlanetQt/
qmake ossimPlanetQt.pro
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig

To buid ossim_plugin, change the gdal setting in the file

/home/sasha/GIS/ossim/ossim_plugins/make.opt.in /home/sasha/GIS/ossim/ossim_plugins/make.opt

To point where you have gdal's files (hhere i used gdal from the repository)

GDAL_HOME =/usr/
ifeq ($(origin GDAL_HOME), undefined)
    GDAL_INCLUDES =/usr/include/gdal/
    GDAL_LIBS =/usr/lib 
else 
    GDAL_INCLUDES = -I$(GDAL_HOME)/include/gdal/
    GDAL_LIBS = -L$(GDAL_HOME)/lib 
endif

cd /home/sasha/GIS/ossim/ossim_plugins/
make

Create an "ossim-data" directory readed from ossim at its startup and copy the "ossim support data" inside it :

mkdir /home/sasha/.ossim
cp -r /home/sasha/GIS/ossim/ossim_package_support/fonts /home/sasha/.ossim/fonts
cp -r /home/sasha/GIS/ossim/ossim_package_support/geoids /home/sasha/.ossim/geoids
cp -r /home/sasha/GIS/ossim/ossim_package_support/images /home/sasha/.ossim/images