[Foss4g2009] The Easy steps to get your project on the FOSS4G Live DVD

Cameron Shorter cameron.shorter at gmail.com
Sat Aug 29 08:12:21 EDT 2009


http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Press_Release_28

To Geospatial Open Source Project Leaders:

The Arramagong Live DVD <http://arramagong.com>, GISVM 
<http://gisvm.com>, and OSGeo Live-Demo 
<http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc> projects are collaborating to 
create a set of simple, automated install scripts for a wide variety of 
Free and Open Source GIS projects, and we're calling on each project to 
help us write a script for their software. Projects that can write their 
install script this week will be included on The Arramamgong Live DVD 
which will be given to all delegates at the FOSS4G 
<http://2009.foss4g.org> conference.

The scripts should cover the installation and configuration of each 
project into a base Xubuntu <http://www.xubuntu.org/> 9.04 system. 
Separate scripts can optionally cover data, demos and tutorials. As a 
bonus, these scripts are exactly what packagers require to bundle your 
project into Debian and Ubuntu, so you will be taking the first steps 
toward getting your project into a Linux distribution.

The base version of the FOSS4G2009 GISVM/Arramagong Live DVD can be 
trialed in a VMWare virtual machine and downloaded from: 
http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/Arramagong_GISVM_FOSS4G2009_alpha1.7z


    Timeline

Date 	Date 	Milestone
7 Sep 2009 	in 1 week 	LiveDVD Feature Freeze
11 Sep 2009 	in 2 weeks 	LiveDVD Beta Release
18 Sep 2009 	in 3 weeks 	LiveDVD Final Freeze
20 Sep 2009 	in 3 weeks 	LiveDVD Final Release & sent to printers


    Packaging Howto

For projects already packaged for Ubuntu <http://packages.ubuntu.com/> 
or DebianGIS <http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis>, an install script will 
likely be as simple as:

install_mapserver.sh 
<https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/bin/install_mapserver.sh>

#!/bin/sh
apt-get install cgi-mapserver


Projects that haven't been packaged yet are slightly more complicated:

install_udig.sh 
<https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/bin/install_udig.sh>

#!/bin/sh
#################################################
# 
# Purpose: Installation of udig into Xubuntu
# Author:  Stefan Hansen <shansen at lisasoft.com>
#
#################################################
# Copyright (c) 2009 Open Geospatial Foundation
# Copyright (c) 2009 LISAsoft
#
# Licensed under the GNU LGPL.
# 
# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
# by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the License,
# or any later version.  This library is distributed in the hope that
# it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, without even the implied
# warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
# See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details, either
# in the "LICENSE.LGPL.txt" file distributed with this software or at
# web page "http://www.fsf.org/licenses/lgpl.html".
#

# About:
# =====
# This script will install udig into Xubuntu 

# Running:
# =======
# sudo ./install_udig.sh 

TMP="/tmp/udig_downloads"
INSTALL_FOLDER="/usr/lib"
DATA_FOLDER="/usr/local/share"
UDIG_FOLDER="$INSTALL_FOLDER/udig"
BIN="/usr/bin"
USER_NAME="user"
USER_HOME="/home/$USER_NAME"
 
## Setup things... ##
 
# check required tools are installed
if [ ! -x "`which wget`" ] ; then
   echo "ERROR: wget is required, please install it and try again" 
   exit 1
fi
# create tmp folders
mkdir $TMP
cd $TMP


## Install Application ##  

# get udig
if [ -f "udig-1.2-M6.linux.gtk.x86.tar.gz" ]
then
   echo "udig-1.2-M6.linux.gtk.x86.tar.gz has already been downloaded."
else
   wget http://udig.refractions.net/files/downloads/branches/udig-1.2-M6.linux.gtk.x86.tar.gz
fi
# unpack it and copy it to /usr/lib
tar -xzf udig-1.2-M6.linux.gtk.x86.tar.gz -C $INSTALL_FOLDER


## Configure Application ##

# Download modified startup script for udig
if [ -f "udig.sh" ]
then
   echo "udig.sh has already been downloaded."
else
   wget https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/udig-conf/udig.sh
fi
# copy it into the udig folder
cp udig.sh $UDIG_FOLDER 

# create link to startup script
ln -s $UDIG_FOLDER/udig.sh $BIN/udig 

# Download desktop icon
if [ -f "uDig.desktop" ]
then
   echo "uDig.desktop has already been downloaded."
else
   wget https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/udig-conf/uDig.desktop
fi
# copy it into the udig folder
cp uDig.desktop $USER_HOME/Desktop
chown $USER_NAME:$USER_NAME $USER_HOME/Desktop/uDig.desktop


## Sample Data ##

# Download udig's sample data
if [ -f "data-v1_1.zip" ]
then
   echo "data-v1_1.zip has already been downloaded."
else
   wget http://udig.refractions.net/docs/data-v1_1.zip
fi
#unzip the file into /usr/local/share/udig-data
mkdir $DATA_FOLDER/udig-data
unzip data-v1_1.zip -d $DATA_FOLDER/udig-data


## Documentation ##

# Download udig's documentation
if [ -f "udig-1.2-M5.html" ]
then
   echo "udig-1.2-M5.html has already been downloaded."
else
   wget http://udig.refractions.net/files/downloads/branches/udig-1.2-M5.html
fi

if [ -f "uDigWalkthrough1.pdf" ]
then
   echo "uDigWalkthrough1.pdf has already been downloaded."
else
   wget http://udig.refractions.net/docs/uDigWalkthrough1.pdf
fi

if [ -f "uDigWalkthrough2.pdf" ]
then
   echo "uDigWalkthrough2.pdf has already been downloaded."
else
   wget http://udig.refractions.net/docs/uDigWalkthrough2.pdf
fi

#copy into /usr/local/share/udig-docs
mkdir $DATA_FOLDER/udig-docs
cp udig-1.2-M5.html $DATA_FOLDER/udig-docs
cp uDigWalkthrough1.pdf $DATA_FOLDER/udig-docs
cp uDigWalkthrough1.pdf $DATA_FOLDER/udig-docs



As we are still bootstrapping the packaging project, and as we are very 
short on time before feature freeze, manual steps can be included as 
comments in each install script, and can be automated by a project 
member, or packager at a later date.

Packaging details and examples can be found at: 
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GISVM_Build

And help is available on the Live-Demo mailing list 
<http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo> via Cameron Shorter, 
Stefan Hansen, Ricardo Pino, Hamish Bowman, Alex Mandel, Massimo de 
Stefano and others.


    About GISVM

GISVM <http://www.gisvm.com> is a Free(dom) and ready to use anywhere 
Geographic Information System Virtual Machine. Based on the amazing 
Virtualization technology it can be used on almost any operating system 
environment and is intended to be a hassle-free installation option for 
anyone that needs a ready to use GIS solution.


    About Arramagong Live DVD

The Arramagong Live DVD <http://arramagong.com> provides a stack of most 
of best Geospatial Open Source software, pre-configured with sample 
data. It is based on the XUbuntu linux operating system and also 
contains windows installers. A FOSS4G 2009 release of Arramagong will be 
given to all delegates at the FOSS4G conference. It has been built by 
LISAsoft in conjunction with the Open Source Geospatial community.


    About FOSS4G

FOSS4G <http://2009.foss4g.org> is the international Free and Open 
Source Software for Geospatial conference, which comes to Sydney, 
Australia, 20-23 October 2009. FOSS4G offers presentations, workshops, 
demos, an install-fest, and a code sprint. It is presented by the 
world's best Developers, Policy Makers, Sponsors and Geospatial 
Professionals and includes the latest geospatial applications, 
standards, government programs, business processes and case studies. 
Topics include mobile platforms, location based applications, crowd 
sourcing, cloud computing, development, spatial standards, integration 
of cross-agency data, Spatial Data Infrastructures, Sensor Webs, Web 
Processing Services, Integration of Open Source and Proprietary Software 
and more.


    Upcoming milestones

    * 14 Sep 2009, Final program available
    * 21 Sep 2009, Poster Submission closes
    * 20 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Workshop
    * 21-23 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials
    * 24 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Code Sprint


    Media Sponsors

    * Position Magazine: http://www.positionmag.com.au/
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    * Geoconnexions Magazine: http://www.geoconnexion.com/
    * Directions Magazine: http://directionsmag.com/
    * GIS Development: http://gisdevelopment.net/
    * Baliz Media: http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/

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For more information or to keep informed from the FOSS4G Organising 
Committee, join our email list or twitter feed at: 
http://2009.foss4g.org/about_us/

or contact:

Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G Organising Committee and Geospatial 
Systems Architect at LISAsoft

tel +61-2-8570-5050

c a m e r o n . s h o r t e r @ l i s a s o f t . c o m

-- 
Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Systems Architect
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254

Think Globally, Fix Locally
Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
http://www.lisasoft.com

-- 
Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Systems Architect
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254

Think Globally, Fix Locally
Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
http://www.lisasoft.com



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