Mapnik Dependencies

Mapnik requires the Boost libraries, International Components for Unicode, Freetype, Proj4, and a variety of image libraries.

Installing Boost is often new to mapnik users, but the majority of remaining dependencies are more familiar.

If you have previously built or installed other open source graphics or mapping applications it is likely that most of the remaining dependencies are already installed.

Currently detailed notes on mapnik dependencies are included in each platform specific installation instructions.

See MapnikInstallation for more information.