SF.net SVN: matplotlib: [4741] trunk/toolkits/basemap/README

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Revision: 4741
          http://matplotlib.svn.sourceforge.net/matplotlib/?rev=4741&view=rev
Author:   jswhit
Date:     2007-12-15 11:02:17 -0800 (Sat, 15 Dec 2007)

Log Message:
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add LD_LIBRARY_PATH to instructions.

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/toolkits/basemap/README

Modified: trunk/toolkits/basemap/README
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--- trunk/toolkits/basemap/README	2007-12-15 18:18:03 UTC (rev 4740)
+++ trunk/toolkits/basemap/README	2007-12-15 19:02:17 UTC (rev 4741)
@@ -82,9 +82,14 @@
  > make; make install
 
 3) cd back to the top level basemap directory (basemap-X.Y.Z) and
-run the usual 'python setup.py install'.
+run the usual 'python setup.py install'. 
 
-4) if you want the full-resolution coastlines, download 
+4) To test, cd to the examples directory and run 'python simpletest.py'.
+On linux, if you get an import error (with a message about not
+finding libgeos.so) you may need to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment
+to include $GEOS_DIR/lib.
+
+5) if you want the full-resolution coastlines, download 
 basemap-data-fullres-X.Y.Z.tar.gz (about 70 mb), untar
 it, cd into basemap-data-fullres-X.Y.Z and
 run 'python setup-data.py install'.


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