[Qgis-user] Mac OS X and QGIS

[Simon Banton]

At 13:21 -0700 18/5/09, Aurora Geomatics wrote:
>Williams Frameworks are fairly straight forward to instal.
>
>It is simply a matter of downloading the Frameworks you need:

Many thanks Mars (and others), I found the instructions on how to 
assemble the necessary structure for the support of Quantum GIS to be 
somewhat daunting at first sight as I'm used to installing Mac apps 
by simply opening up a .dmg file and either running an installer or 
dragging the app from the mounted disk image.

Once I'd got my head around the concept that all the talk of 
"frameworks" was about a set of support facilities that were 
prerequisites that just had to be installed first, I felt more 
confident and in fact it was quite straightforward.

Incidentally, the notes on 
http://www.kyngchaos.com/software:support:install say:

"Frameworks and Base Packages can be installed in any order, but 
before any ordered packages"

...but in fact you need to install the GEOS and PROJ frameworks 
before you can install the SQLite3 one, even though they're shown in 
the non-ordered section.

Now up and running, thanks for the help.

Regards
Simon