[Qgis-user] qgis & mrsid used to work

[Agustin Lobo]

Is this "someone" aware of the problem? Will "someone" fix
this problem soon and rebuild the package? Knowing this is important
for ubuntu users to decide whether upgrading to karmic or not.

Agus

Alex Mandel wrote:
> Yes, it forces Ubuntu to follow those rules. Though from a technical
> standpoint QGIS works fine with 1.6 and 1.6 is actually the preferred
> due to some bugs in 1.5. So this whole issue comes down to someone
> forgetting to change the rules in the package.
> 
> Alex
> 
> M S wrote:
>> Does the dependency between gdal 1.5.0 and qgis suggest that qgis
>> ubuntugis/unstable binary was built against gdal 1.5.0?
>>
>> (meaning I cant install qgis without gdal 1.5.0 getting installed, and
>> cant remove gdal 1.5.0 without removing qgis).
>>
>> Just trying to broaden my knowledge of the software relationships...
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mark
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Alex Mandel <tech_dev at wildintellect.com> wrote:
>>> A good, that additional information should help us figure out what's
>>> going on.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Alex
>>>
>>> M S wrote:
>>>> Great, thanks.  This may only be on the 64bit platform, as I did the
>>>> same update this morning on a Karmic 32bit system, and the MRSID still
>>>> works.
>>>>
>>>> Originally I installed karmic 64bit, then updated all.  Then I added
>>>> the qgis/stable and ubuntugis/unstable, and wound up with a qgis
>>>> installation that wouldnt work with mr sid. (the gdal1.5.0 issue
>>>> perhaps?)
>>>>
>>>> When I took out the qgis/stable, and only used ubuntugis/unstable, I
>>>> did get a qgis that could use SIDs.  It looks like last night there
>>>> was an update to the ubuntugis?  and when i updated/upgraded, then the
>>>> mrsid didnt work on Karmic 64bit.
>>>>
>>>> Interestingly, I upgraded on Karmic qgis and grass (same versions
>>>> though?) this morning also on karmic 32bit, and mrsid still worked.
>>>>
>>>> Much thanks,
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Alex Mandel <tech_dev at wildintellect.com> wrote:
>>>>> That to me sounds like you've got the QGIS repos and the UbuntuGIS
>>>>> repos. UbuntuGIS should be pulling 1.6.x I will double check with them,
>>>>> since I do recall in some recent past versions there being an error in
>>>>> the dependency list that still had 1.5 for QGIS.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alex
>>>>>
>>>>> M S wrote:
>>>>>> gdalinfo --version returns GDAL 1.6.2
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if I do 'sudo apt-get remove gdal1-1.5.0' it wants to remove all this:
>>>>>> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
>>>>>>   proj libgdal1-1.6.0-grass
>>>>>> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
>>>>>> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>>>>>>   libgdal1-1.5.0 libqgis1.3.0 python-qgis python-qgis-common qgis
>>>>>> qgis-common qgis-plugin-grass qgis-plugin-grass-common
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And if I 'apt-get install qgis', it wants to put gdal 1.5.0 back.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there something with the ubuntugis/unstable repo perhaps?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Alex Mandel <tech_dev at wildintellect.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>
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