How to install mappingwidgets on Debian GNU/Linux

Mappingwidgets can be installed on a Debian GNU/Linux system using the following steps.

  1. install debian packages for the demo's using UMN Mapserver and PHP/MapScript; the packages from the 'unstable' distribution contain the latest Mapserver version
    apt-get cgi-mapserver/unstable php4-mapscript/unstable
  2. copy the tar file to /usr/local/share
  3. unpack the tar file here
    tar zxvf mappingwidgets.tar.gz
  4. goto to the apache configuration directory /etc/apache2/conf.d
  5. create a symbolic link
    ln -s /usr/local/share/mappingwidgets/configs/apache.conf mappingwidgets.conf
  6. restart the apache server
    /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

  7. check the following page in your browser: http://localhost/mappingwidgets/. Here you find links to the demo's.

Link for download

Direct link for downloading mappingwidgets:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=130528&package_id=143080

Add include into httpd.conf

Hi there

My Apache was compilled by hand and the specific actions of the file "mappingwidgets.conf" just worked (was read) after I added the following line at my httpd.conf:

Include [path-to/]mappingwidgets.conf

True, this is an alternative

True, this is an alternative to the symbolic link. As long as the file is included, it is ok.