[Qgis-user] Re: home range plugin + R on the OSGeo Live DVD 5.0?

[Alex Mandel]

On 11/28/2011 07:46 PM, Hamish wrote:
> Hamish wrote:
>>> I am trying to get Anne's home range plugin working on the
>>> OSGeo Live 5.0 DVD (xubuntu 11.04) after an 'apt-get update'.
> 
> (now with latest qgis 1.7.2 from ubuntuGIS's ppa)
> 
>>> [...]
>>> Warning message:
>>> In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
>>>   package 'gcplib' is not available (for R version 2.14.0)
> 
> Anne wrote:
>> It is there, though:
>> http://cran.stat.auckland.ac.nz/src/contrib/gpclib_1.5-1.tar.gz
>> look for the tiny typo in the package name... :)
> 
> d'oh! apparently Ground Control Points have invaded my brain.
> ok, with correct spelling the cran package installs ok.
> 
>> Let me know if HR plugin will work!
> 
> now on to the next trouble, I can enable the manageR plugin, but not
> find Home Range amongst the list of plugins to fetch or manage.
> 
> manageR:
> argh -> Segmentation fault when I click on the "R" in the qgis toolbar.
> shouldn't have upgraded.
> By starting QGIS with an empty LD_LIBRARY_PATH the manageR plugin
> works again. (running /usr/bin/qgis.bin directly)
> Also it works if I run it through gdb, so no backtrace.
> Actually now it works if I run the "qgis" wrapper script direct from
> the command line. ?!  oh well. (I did move away old 1.7.0 ~/.qgis/ and
> ~/.config/ files)
> oh well, manageR is working again now, so moving on.
> 
> within manageR I can do
>  > library(adehabitat)
>  > help(squirrel)
> etc. all seems ok.
> 
> 
> But where is the Home Range plugin? I can't find it on the list.
> 
> QGIS -> Plugins menu -> Fetch python plugins ...
> [connects to server, brings up a list of 20-30 plugins, all installed
> except for 'Zoom to Point']
> filtering on "home" results in 0 hits.
> the repository I'm connected to is pyqgis.org/repo/official
> 
> ?
> 
> related to the move to hub.qgis.org? (!?)
> 
> 
> thanks,
> Hamish


Add 3rd party repos, I think Home Range is from the Faunalia repo.

Enjoy,
Alex