[Qgis-user] shp*join*csv real2string problem

[Bernd Vogelgesang]

Am 08.12.2012, 20:02 Uhr, schrieb Jürgen E. Fischer <jef at norbit.de>:

> Hi Bernd,
>
> On Sat, 08. Dec 2012 at 17:12:16 +0100, Bernd Vogelgesang wrote:
>> Seems the excel import is version and/or platform dependent: In dev  
>> under
>> linux mint, it doesn't work at all. Drag and drop produces "blabla.xls  
>> is
>> not a valid or recognized data source" and through the normal vector
>> adding dialog, there is no way to make the xls visible and selectable.
>
> It's not platform, but OGR dependant.  I suppose the GDAL/OGR on Linux  
> mint
> isn't built with FreeXL[1] support and therefore you can't use Excel  
> files
> directly.


ermm, i am able to add the debian-nightly repository and install qgis. no  
idea how to integrate additional stuff.

>
> Jürgen
>
> [1] https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/freexl/
>


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