[Qgis-user] Mac OS X and QGIS

[William Kyngesburye]

On May 19, 2009, at 6:13 AM, Simon Banton wrote:

> 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.
>
I used to have an installer to install all the frameworks at once, but  
it was hard to keep it synchronized with the individual installers.

> 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.
>
Ah, I've been neglecting that install guide page.  SQLite used to work  
on its own.  Thanks for reminding me.

I do list the frameworks in install order on the framework download  
page.

> Now up and running, thanks for the help.
>
> Regards
> Simon
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