[Qgis-user] 1.7 upgrade problem

[Walter Ludwick]

Following on upgrade advice received here, i downloaded version 1.7.0  (tho i still don't know why "check QGIS version" command from Help menu told me i was up-to-date with 1.6.0) for Mac OS X and threw it into my apps folder, thereby replacing the old app. 

I goofed!  -obviously, by not reading the "ReadMe" file (which i did consider for a moment doing, but i was in a rush and figured it would be trivial, so...), also by not installing a test instance, while preserving my 1.6.0 install (for this, on top of previous mistake, there is no excuse!).

Result: QGIS will not launch -apparently (based on exception report below) because i don't have the GDAL library it wants installed (tho i thought, since i was running 1.6.0, i must have GDAL installed, along with GRASS, right?)... But also, i am guessing i may have a problem running 64-bit native code on this machine, which i believe is running in 32-bit mode, tho i don't know how i can confirm this.

Now: before i go installing GDAL, i was just wondering, if anyone can tell me: 
- is that all i will need to install? is my machine even compatible? can i switch to 64-bit mode somehow? might that cause other apps i have to fail?
- what if i just want to roll-back to 1.6.0 (which, on reflection, was making me perfectly happy!), do any of the steps associated with upgrade break compatibility with the 1.6.0 code?


/w


> Process:         QGIS [14565]
> Path:            /Applications/QGIS.app/Contents/MacOS/QGIS
> Identifier:      org.qgis.qgis
> Version:         ??? (???)
> Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
> Parent Process:  launchd [179]
> 
> Date/Time:       2011-08-03 08:44:10.527 +0100
> OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K540)
> Report Version:  6
> 
> Interval Since Last Report:          251819 sec
> Crashes Since Last Report:           5
> Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   3
> Anonymous UUID:                      A3B4FAD8-70A5-420F-A0E1-E02624B493A5
> 
> Exception Type:  EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
> Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
> Crashed Thread:  0
> 
> Dyld Error Message:
>   Library not loaded: /Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Versions/1.8/GDAL
>   Referenced from: /Applications/QGIS.app/Contents/MacOS/QGIS
>   Reason: image not found
> 
> Binary Images:
>     0x7fff5fc00000 -     0x7fff5fc3bdef  dyld 132.1 (???) <69130DA3-7CB3-54C8-ABC5-423DECDD2AF7> /usr/lib/dyld
> 
> Model: MacBookPro5,5, BootROM MBP55.00AC.B03, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.53 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.47f2
> Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, PCI, 256 MB
> Memory Module: global_name
> AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8D), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.42.4)
> Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f3, 2 service, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
> Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
> Serial ATA Device: ST9250315ASG, 232.89 GB
> Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GS23N
> USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, 0x05ac  (Apple Inc.), 0x8403, 0x26500000 / 2
> USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac  (Apple Inc.), 0x8507, 0x24400000 / 2
> USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c  (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x06100000 / 2
> USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac  (Apple Inc.), 0x8213, 0x06110000 / 4
> USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, 0x05ac  (Apple Inc.), 0x0237, 0x04600000 / 3
> USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac  (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0x04500000 / 2

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