Building Python/Mapscript

Building mapscript for python on Linux

First build the appropriate python and install it (2.4.2 for me) Then build the python library like so

cd mapserver-4.6.1
cd mapscript/python
cp modern/* .
python setup.py build

You can run the included tests once it builds

cd tests/cases
python runalltests.py -v

Unit testing! Hey, I think I might grow to like python. Once the tests indicate all is well, install mapscript.

cd ../..
python setup.py install

That's it. The iMap test should run now.