[Ubuntu] [UbuntuGIS] #19: upgrade qgis to 1.7.2 breaks python (using ubuntugis-unstable repos)

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#19: upgrade qgis to 1.7.2 breaks python (using ubuntugis-unstable repos)
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 Reporter:  etourigny            |      Owner:  ubuntu@…              
     Type:  defect               |     Status:  new                   
Component:  QGIS                 |   Severity:  serious               
 Keywords:  upgrade qgis python  |  
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 This issue has been discussed recently on the qgis-user mailing

 "Critical problems with 1.7.2 from ubuntu binaries"
 list.http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/2011-November/014535.html

 {{{
 After updating to 1.7.2 in ubuntu 10.4 LTS using the
 ubuntugis-unstable repo, the CRS cannot be set:
 "Could not open CRS database /resources/srs.db<br>Error(14): unable to
 open database file!

 and almost all plugins are gone (including plugin installer).

 Agus
 }}}

 I also had the same problem, using Ubuntu 11.04

 It seems the workaround is to uninstall QGis and re-install.

 The following packages were around (even after the re-install)

 {{{
  dpkg -l | grep qgis
 ii  libqgis1.7.0                                      1.7.0~natty1
 Quantum GIS - shared libraries
 ii  libqgis1.7.1                                      1.7.1-1~natty1
 Quantum GIS - shared libraries
 ii  libqgis1.7.2                                      1.7.2-1~natty1
 Quantum GIS - shared libraries
 ii  python-qgis                                       1.7.2-1~natty1
 Python bindings to Quantum GIS
 ii  python-qgis-common                                1.7.2-1~natty1
 Python bindings to Quantum GIS - architecture-independent files
 ii  qgis                                              1.7.2-1~natty1
 Geographic Information System (GIS)
 ii  qgis-common                                       1.7.2-1~natty1
 Quantum GIS - architecture-independent data
 ii  qgis-plugin-grass                                 1.7.2-1~natty1
 GRASS plugin for Quantum GIS
 ii  qgis-plugin-grass-common                          1.7.2-1~natty1
 GRASS plugin for Quantum GIS - architecture-independent data
 ii  qgis-providers                                    1.7.2-1~natty1
 collection of data providers to Quantum GIS
 ii  qgis-providers-common                             1.7.2-1~natty1
 collection of data providers to Quantum GIS - architecture-independent
 files

 }}}

 A possible fix would be ro remove old libqgis-1.7.x packages (marking them
 as conflicting), or better yet only have one libqgis package.  There is no
 need to keep various versions of libqgis, as this causes a conflict in the
 python bindings.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/ubuntugis/ticket/19>
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