On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 05:14:16PM -0400, Ben Weinstein wrote: > > /nfs/user08/bw4sz/Gdal/gdal-1.9.0/libgdal.la: file not recognized: File > format not recognized > The use of .la libtool helper file is not appropriate and deprecated (it is in general too much libtool dependent and subject to problems). I would suggest you link regularly the gdal file using the appropriate gdal-config line. -- Francesco P. Lovergine