[Qgis-user] 1.7 upgrade problem

[William Kyngesburye]

You probably had QGIS 1.6.0-1, which used GDAL 1.7.  QGIS 1.6.0-2 was recompiled to use GDAL 1.8, and then so was QGIS 1.7.  Just install GDAL Complete 1.8 as it says in the readme.  It will leave the older GDAL alone so you can go back to QGIS 1.6 (or you can download 1.6.0-2 to use GDAL 1.8).

Updating GRASS is also a good idea.

QGIS 1.6 and 1.7 run 64bit, if available.  From your crash report for QGIS 1.7, your Mac is 64bit (only the very first Intel Mini and MacBook models were 32bit).

On Aug 3, 2011, at 3:00 AM, Walter Ludwick wrote:

> Following on upgrade advice received here, i downloaded version 1.7.0  (tho i still don't know why "check QGIS version" command from Help menu told me i was up-to-date with 1.6.0) for Mac OS X and threw it into my apps folder, thereby replacing the old app. 
> 
> I goofed!  -obviously, by not reading the "ReadMe" file (which i did consider for a moment doing, but i was in a rush and figured it would be trivial, so...), also by not installing a test instance, while preserving my 1.6.0 install (for this, on top of previous mistake, there is no excuse!).
> 
> Result: QGIS will not launch -apparently (based on exception report below) because i don't have the GDAL library it wants installed (tho i thought, since i was running 1.6.0, i must have GDAL installed, along with GRASS, right?)... But also, i am guessing i may have a problem running 64-bit native code on this machine, which i believe is running in 32-bit mode, tho i don't know how i can confirm this.
> 
> Now: before i go installing GDAL, i was just wondering, if anyone can tell me: 
> - is that all i will need to install? is my machine even compatible? can i switch to 64-bit mode somehow? might that cause other apps i have to fail?
> - what if i just want to roll-back to 1.6.0 (which, on reflection, was making me perfectly happy!), do any of the steps associated with upgrade break compatibility with the 1.6.0 code?
> 
> 
> /w
> 
> 
>> Process:         QGIS [14565]
>> Path:            /Applications/QGIS.app/Contents/MacOS/QGIS
>> Identifier:      org.qgis.qgis
>> Version:         ??? (???)
>> Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
>> Parent Process:  launchd [179]
>> 
>> Date/Time:       2011-08-03 08:44:10.527 +0100
>> OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K540)
>> Report Version:  6
>> 
>> Interval Since Last Report:          251819 sec
>> Crashes Since Last Report:           5
>> Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   3
>> Anonymous UUID:                      A3B4FAD8-70A5-420F-A0E1-E02624B493A5
>> 
>> Exception Type:  EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
>> Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
>> Crashed Thread:  0
>> 
>> Dyld Error Message:
>>   Library not loaded: /Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Versions/1.8/GDAL
>>   Referenced from: /Applications/QGIS.app/Contents/MacOS/QGIS
>>   Reason: image not found

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