[Qgis-user] file ecw and mrsid in ubuntu doesn't work

[Richard Duivenvoorde]

On 07/04/2011 07:09 PM, Lee wrote:
> I did this successfully again today on a fresh install. For ECW the
> following method has worked for me:
> 
> 
>    1. open terminal
>          2.
> 
>          sudo wget
>          http://de-mirror.org/distro/gentoo/distfiles/libecwj2-3.3-2006-09-06.zip
>          3.
> 
>          unzip libecwj2-3.3-2006-09-06.zip
>          4.
> 
>          cd libecwj2-3.3
>          5.
> 
>          ./configure
>          6.
> 
>          make
>          7.
> 
>          sudo make install
>          8.
> 
>          sudo gdal-ecw-build /usr/local/ (This step may differ depending on
>          your file system)
>          9.
> 
>          sudo ldconfig
>          10.
> 
>          gdalinfo –formats | grep -i ecw
> 
> Make sure in the last step the output shows. If it does not, the install
> failed.

This worked for me on Ubuntu Natty, self build qgis, gdal 1.8.0

Only last step 10 I could not copy paste because of --

	gdalinfo --formats | grep -i ecw

Thanks!