[Qgis-user] qgis & mrsid used to work

[Alex Mandel]

M S wrote:
> I had a working QGIS and Mr SID, but just did an update to Karmic
> which installed new qgis and grass (same versions?) and subsequently
> broke the mr sid relationship (I cant add MR SIDs to QGIS).
> 
> I am using this site to install
> http://n2.nabble.com/Directions-to-get-mrsid-support-in-GQIS-and-other-packages-using-gdal-on-Ubuntu-td3169342.html
> 
> Everything seems fine with the creation of gdal_MrSID.so.
> 
> gdal_GRASS.so, gdal_MrSID.so and ogr_GRASS.so are all in the
> /usr/lib/gdal16plugins directory.  nothing is in the
> /usr/lib/gdal15plugins directory.
> 
> I notice that libgdal1.5 gets installed from the ubuntu repo, while
> additionally libgdal1.6 gets installed from the ubuntugis directory.
> (?)
> 
> gdalinfo --formats lists MR SID as a recognized format, but QGIS
> doesnt have it in the list nor recognizes it as  GDAL raster.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark

Which gdalinfo are you using. Good chance you installed it for libgdal
1.5 instead of 1.6. Try removing all the 1.5 stuff and redo the MRSID
install.

Alex