README for Ruby-ShapeLiB

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This is a wrapper module of Shapefile C Library for Ruby.

How to install

• You must have ShapeLib and ruby.
• It is expected to run on all ruby-running environments. But it is tested only on RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0 and Vine Linux 3.0.

Quick directions

$ tar xvfz ruby-shapelib.tar.gz      (you did it if you see this file)
$ cd ruby-shapelib
$ ruby ./extconf.rb
$ make 
# make install

Troubleshooting

• I have ruby but can't run extconf.rb

  Some Linux distributions divide Ruby into several packages such as "ruby" and "ruby-devel". You may have to install additional packages.

• I have shapelib installed but extconf.rb fails

  Try --with-shapelib-include= and --with-shapelib-lib= options of extconf.rb.

If above advice doesn't help, please visit http://sourceforge.net/projects/ruby-shapelib and post a message.

How to use

Please see Interface.html.

License issues

Ruby-ShapeLib is provided under LGPL or ShapeLib's MIT-style default license.