[Qgis-developer] Shipping SAGA with QGIS

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Victor Olaya <volayaf at gmail.com> wrote:
> Phil
>
> Thanks for you help. Unfortunately, I do not use Mac and cannot test
> SEXTANTE in Mac.
>
> The psycopg library is used by algorithms connecting with PostGIS, and
> I (wrongly) assumed it should be in all computers where QGIS is
> installed. I will add some checking to ensure that it is found and, if
> not, disable the corresponding algorithms but not the whole SEXTANTE
> plugin
>
> Regarding the error you see when executing SAGA, In Mac it is
> performing the same check than in Linux, but it seems that it is not
> working fine, even if SAGA is actually installed. Making SEXTANTE run
> a small test algorithm and check the result sounds like a better
> option, which would work for all OS's
>
> Thanks again for your help.
>
> Victor
>
> 2013/2/23 Phil Hess <macpgmr at fastermac.net>:
>>>>I tried installing SEXTANTE just now on a Mac but it crashed with a missing
>> "psycopg2" error message.
>>>>This is not a standard Python package on Mac.
>>
>> I see now that psycopg2 is also provided as a Mac package here:
>>
>> http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/python
>>
>> Installing Psycopg2-2.4.5-2.dmg allows the SEXTANTE installation to complete
>> successfully.
>>
>> However, SEXTANTE doesn't seem to know about my SAGA:
>>
>> "It seems that SAGA is not correctly installed in your system.
>> Please install it before running SAGA algorithms."
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> -Phil
>>
>>
>>
>>
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I would be very much in favour of shipping SAGA bundled in with the
OSX and Windows standalone installers. It creates a much better 'out
of the box' experience and works better in environments where there is
little / no internet available.

Regards

Tim

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