Trouble installing on Win Server 2012

[dstrawberrygirl]

I've downloaded Mapnik v2.2.0 SDK and have VC++ 2008, 2010 and 2012 now installed on my server. The Mapnik demos work without issues, but when I try installing node-mapnik (npm install mapnik on the command line) I get errors during node-gyp rebuild compiling one of the files. The first few errors are as follows:

..\src\mapnik_palette.cpp(90): error C2079: 'str' uses undefined class 'std::ba
sic_ostringstream<_Elem,_Traits,_Alloc>' [c:\Tools\node_modules\mapnik\build_m
apnik.vcxproj]
with
[
_Elem=char,
_Traits=std::char_traits,
_Alloc=std::allocator
]
..\src\mapnik_palette.cpp(90): error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert fro
m 'const char [1]' to 'int' [c:\Tools\node_modules\mapnik\build_mapnik.vcxproj
]
There is no context in which this conversion is possible
..\src\mapnik_palette.cpp(91): error C2297: '<<' : illegal, right operand has t
ype 'const char [10]' [c:\Tools\node_modules\mapnik\build_mapnik.vcxproj]

(Similar errors continue throughout the rest of that script, I can provide the whole console output if needed).

The rest of the source seems to compile with just warnings, but when mapnik_palette.cpp appears in the list I get a slew of red. I'm hoping it's something simple.

Any advice would be very much appreciated.

Thanks,
Chris

[springmeyer]

Hi @dstrawberrygirl - thanks for the report. What node-mapnik are you trying to build? Can you make sure you are using the latest release: v1.2.3? My hunch is that what you are hitting was fixed in dd8c929#diff-71e2bf615b78255a0b69da384a16851d

[springmeyer]

I'll add that I see now you are just running npm install mapnik. That is unlikely to work on windows due to the hardcoding here: https://github.com/mapnik/node-mapnik/blob/master/binding.gyp#L9-L11 (sorry).

So what I recommend is to:

1. Checkout from github

git clone https://github.com/mapnik/node-mapnik.git
cd node-mapnik

2. Edit protobuf paths in binding.gyp

3. Edit the node-gyp common.gypi

It is located at "~.node-gyp\NODE_VERSION\common.gypi"

• Change all instances of ExceptionHandling and RuntimeTypeInfo and RuntimeLibrary to:

    'VCCLCompilerTool': {
                'ExceptionHandling': 1,
                'RuntimeTypeInfo':'true',
                'RuntimeLibrary': '2'  # /MD http://stackoverflow.com/questions/757418/should-i-compile-with-md-or-mt
            }

The reason is that these overrides are not working (last I checked):

node-mapnik/binding.gyp

Line 61 in 05b10a1

'VCCLCompilerTool': {

4. Then try building

• Ensure Python 27 is on your path
• You may need to put GDAL_DATA and PROJ_LIB on your path:

Run npm install

set PROJ_LIB=C:\mapnik-v2.2.0\share\proj
set GDAL_DATA=C:\mapnik-v2.2.0\share\gdal

[dstrawberrygirl]

That sounds very promising! I just saw the npm install was grabbing 0.7.25 and was about to reply when I saw your latest message.

I'll grab from github and give this a go as soon as I can, thanks!

[springmeyer]

npm install was grabbing 0.7.25

Oh, odd. That is my fault. Should be fixed now since I just tagged a new v1.x series. The gocha is that 1.x requires libprotobuf (which v0.7.x does not). Pretty sure I packageds libprotobuf with the Mapnik v2.2.0 SDK, but if not here are build instructions: https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik-packaging/blob/master/windows/building_mapnik_dependencies.md#protobuf

[dstrawberrygirl]

I'm still having no luck with the npm install so I've tried to do the manual process of compiling all prerequisites, but after a day of working slowly through the list I'm just hitting more and more errors, each taking significant time to resolve. I got as far as libpq - nmake /f win32.mak resulted in numerous missing file errors, and I have left it at that.

Is there a more simple way to achieve this? Is there just a folder of files I can put on a server without having to rebuild everything?

[springmeyer]

Ooof, sorry. The idea is that you should be able to compile node-mapnik against the Mapnik v2.2.0 Windows SDK mentioned at http://mapnik.org/download/ which includes all key deps. All you should need to your compiler toolchain ready.

If that is not easy to get working, let me know and I can post a binary of node-mapnik that works with Mapnik v2.2.0 and visual studio 2010 early next week.

[wilhelmberg]

+1 for a binary of node-mapnik.

[springmeyer]

@BergWerkGIS It will be 32 only bit for now - that work?

[springmeyer]

@BergWerkGIS also, in relation to your error at http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/81539/install-node-mapnik-on-windows, what VS Studio C++ compiler version are you using?

[wilhelmberg]

@springmeyer Sure, anything that would get me up and running on Windows would be great.

Good point about VS version: On the first machine I tried, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2013, but I haven't checked which version was actually used.
On the second machine (fresh VM) VS 2010 only.

[wilhelmberg]

By removing HAVE_CAIRO (I only need vector data, no bitmap rendering) from c:\mapnik-v2.2.0\bin\mapnik-config.bat the compilation seems to work fine - no errors.
But npm test shows 10 failed tests (see below).
All related to projection issues.

c:\mapnik-v2.2.0\lib\proj.dll is in my path and I've even installed the node proj4 package.
Same errors occur.
Any idea what could be wrong?

 183 passing (7s)
  10 failing

  1) mapnik.Projection  should initialize properly:
     Error: failed to initialize projection with: '+init=epsg:4326'

  2) mapnik.ProjTransform  should initialize properly:
     Error: failed to initialize projection with: '+init=epsg:4326'

  3) mapnik.ProjTransform  should forward coords properly (no-op):
     Error: failed to initialize projection with: '+init=epsg:4326'

  4) mapnik.ProjTransform  should forward coords properly (no-op):
     Error: failed to initialize projection with: '+init=epsg:4326'

  5) mapnik.ProjTransform  should forward coords properly (4326 -> 3857):
     Error: failed to initialize projection with: '+init=epsg:4326'

  6) mapnik.ProjTransform  should backward coords properly (3857 -> 4326):
     Error: failed to initialize projection with: '+init=epsg:4326'

  7) mapnik.ProjTransform  should forward bbox properly (4326 -> 3857):
     Error: failed to initialize projection with: '+init=epsg:4326'

  8) mapnik.ProjTransform  should backward bbox properly (3857 -> 4326):
     Error: failed to initialize projection with: '+init=epsg:4326'

  9) mapnik.VectorTile  should be able to get tile info as various flavors of GeoJSON:
     Error: failed to initialize projection with: '+init=epsg:4326'

  10) mapnik.VectorTile  should be able to query features from vector tile:
     Error: failed to initialize projection with: '+init=epsg:4326'

[springmeyer]

@BergWerkGIS - great work. Can you add the HAVE_CAIRO back and let me know the exact errors you hit again? Regarding the proj4 init errors this is because you need to set PROJ_LIB to the path to where the proj4 epsg files are. They should be bundled with the Mapnik v2.2.0 SDK, but if I forget them then you can also grab them from the nad download from proj4 site.

[wilhelmberg]

After SET PROJ_LIB=C:\mapnik-v2.2.0\share\proj all tests are successfull.
But it is not possible to have a shapefile as datasource (see my setup after the error messages).

Error messages, when adding back HAVE_CAIRO:

..\src\mapnik_vector_tile.cpp(41): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'cairo-svg.h': No such file or directory [C:\dev2\ node-mapnik\build\mapnik.vcxproj]

gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\build.js:267:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:789:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
gyp ERR! command "node" "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild" "--fallback-to-build"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\dev2\node-mapnik
gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.24
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.12.1
gyp ERR! not ok
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute 'node-gyp.cmd rebuild --fallback-to-build' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\dev2\node-mapnik\node_modules\node-pre-gyp\lib\util\compile.js:31:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (child_process.js:735:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:802:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "node" "C:\\dev2\\node-mapnik\\node_modules\\node-pre-gyp\\bin\\node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd C:\dev2\node-mapnik
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.24
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.4.1
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok

npm ERR! mapnik@1.3.0 install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the mapnik@1.3.0 install script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the mapnik package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls mapnik
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
npm ERR! command "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "--build-from-source"
npm ERR! cwd C:\dev2\node-mapnik
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.24
npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.21
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\dev2\node-mapnik\npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

C:\dev2\node-mapnik\npm-debug.log:

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\\\node.exe',
1 verbose cli   'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js',
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2 info using npm@1.3.21
3 info using node@v0.10.24
4 verbose node symlink C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\\node.exe
5 verbose readDependencies using package.json deps
6 verbose install where, deps [ 'C:\\dev2\\node-mapnik',
6 verbose install   [ 'node-pre-gyp',
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7 info preinstall mapnik@1.3.0
8 verbose readDependencies using package.json deps
9 verbose already installed skipping node-pre-gyp@https://github.com/springmeyer/node-pre-gyp/tarball/master C:\dev2\node-mapnik
10 verbose already installed skipping mapnik-vector-tile@~0.3.4 C:\dev2\node-mapnik
11 verbose already installed skipping sphericalmercator@~1.0.2 C:\dev2\node-mapnik
12 verbose already installed skipping mocha@~1.15.1 C:\dev2\node-mapnik
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14 info build C:\dev2\node-mapnik
15 verbose linkStuff [ false, false, false, 'C:\\dev2' ]
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21 verbose rebuild bundle C:\dev2\node-mapnik\node_modules\node-pre-gyp
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31 info install node-pre-gyp@0.4.1
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34 info build C:\dev2\node-mapnik\node_modules\proj4
35 info preinstall proj4@2.1.0
36 verbose linkStuff [ false, false, false, 'C:\\dev2\\node-mapnik\\node_modules' ]
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40 verbose rebuildBundles proj4@2.1.0
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42 info install proj4@2.1.0
43 info postinstall proj4@2.1.0
44 info install mapnik@1.3.0
45 verbose unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
46 info mapnik@1.3.0 Failed to exec install script
47 error mapnik@1.3.0 install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build`
47 error Exit status 1
48 error Failed at the mapnik@1.3.0 install script.
48 error This is most likely a problem with the mapnik package,
48 error not with npm itself.
48 error Tell the author that this fails on your system:
48 error     node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
48 error You can get their info via:
48 error     npm owner ls mapnik
48 error There is likely additional logging output above.
49 error System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
50 error command "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "--build-from-source"
51 error cwd C:\dev2\node-mapnik
52 error node -v v0.10.24
53 error npm -v 1.3.21
54 error code ELIFECYCLE
55 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

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Error, when I try to use a shapefile as datasource:

Error: Could not create datasource for type: 'shape'  encountered during parsing of layer 'wien' in Layer at line 12 of 'wien.xml'

index.js:

var mapnik = require('./node-mapnik');
var map = new mapnik.Map(256,256);
map.load('wien.xml', function(err, map){
    if(err){console.log(err); return;}
    console.log(map);
});

wien.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Map srs="+init=epsg:3857" background-color="steelblue">
<Parameters>
  <Parameter name="bounds">-180,-85.0511,180,85.0511</Parameter>
  <Parameter name="center">0,0,2</Parameter>
  <Parameter name="minzoom">0</Parameter>
  <Parameter name="maxzoom">8</Parameter>
</Parameters>
<Layer name="wien" srs="+init=epsg:3857">
    <Datasource>
        <Parameter name="file">c:/megapolyshp/baublock</Parameter>
        <Parameter name="type">shape</Parameter>
    </Datasource>
</Layer>
</Map>

Contents of C:\mapnik-v2.2.0\lib\mapnik\input:

csv.input
gdal.input
geojson.input
ogr.input
postgis.input
raster.input
shape.input
sqlite.input

Any idea what's missing?

[springmeyer]

If you are using node-mapnik master, I removed auto-plugin registration, so you need mapnik.register_datasource(path.join(mapnik.settings.paths.input_plugins,'shape.input'));