[Qgis-user] 1.7 upgrade problem

[William Kyngesburye]

On Aug 3, 2011, at 9:43 AM, Walter Ludwick wrote:

> Hey, William: Cool -i have installed GDAL Complete 1.8, and now QGIS 1.7 runs apparently OK.
> 
> Am a bit concerned (based on the install warning, and what i have read here in the thread about backward compatibility) that i may be rendering project files unusable by colleagues (esp. one i work closely with, a Windows guy) still on 1.6... But will cross that bridge if/when i i come to it, by urging one & all to updgrade.

They probably also have to upgrade - while there may or may not be actual compatibility problems from one version to the next, I think QGIS will refuse to open newer version files on older QGIS versions.

> About GRASS: looks like i have 6.4 installed, and upgrade to 6.4.1 is not required (obviously), but i will now proceed to upgrade that one too (seeing as how you've been right about everything else so far :)
> 
> Thanks, William!  /wl
> 
> On Aug 3, 2011, at 2:41 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote:
> 
>> You probably had QGIS 1.6.0-1, which used GDAL 1.7.  QGIS 1.6.0-2 was recompiled to use GDAL 1.8, and then so was QGIS 1.7.  Just install GDAL Complete 1.8 as it says in the readme.  It will leave the older GDAL alone so you can go back to QGIS 1.6 (or you can download 1.6.0-2 to use GDAL 1.8).
>> 
>> Updating GRASS is also a good idea.
>> 
>> QGIS 1.6 and 1.7 run 64bit, if available.  From your crash report for QGIS 1.7, your Mac is 64bit (only the very first Intel Mini and MacBook models were 32bit)...
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