Installation instructions for GEOS library [#1681290]

Hello,

I'd like to know how to install the geos library within a windows environment? I've had a good look for some instructions as i'm not a developer, however as the screenshot shows I havn't been able to install the library.

I'm not sure what next to do. http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ lists geos-3.3.5.tar.bz2, which i've downloaded and extracted to libraries folder (not put dll file in php dir as i'm not sure i'm on the right path).

The instructions listed on https://github.com/phayes/geoPHP/wiki/GEOS are for unix environment.

Do I need to download http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ for windows ? and if so how does this integrate with drupal?

Many thanks and many apologies for many questions!

Phil

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phayes CreditAttribution: phayes commented 13 July 2012 at 01:54

Hi Phil,

Getting GEOS compiled and installed in a windows environment likely requires developer level skills. The closest I could find was a blog post here: http://mateusz.loskot.net/projects/geos/, that lists how to compile GEOS with Visual C++.

I'm not entirely sure installing GEOS would be worth it for you. Are you running a windows production environment? Are you working with lots of polygon or line data?