SOLVED : [Qgis-user] gdaltools do not load when starting qgis

[Rainer M Krug]

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On 03/04/12 17:01, Giuseppe Sucameli wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have problems starting QGIS 1.7.4 Wroclaw.
>> 
>> GdalTools do not load and I get the following message below.
> [[CUT]]
>> ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/osgeo/_gdal.so: symbol VSIFTruncateL, version 
>> GDAL_1.8 not defined in file libgdal.so.1 with link time reference
> 
> seems your system uses python-gdal 1.8 (even though I see you have python-gdal1.9 installed) 
> and libgdal 1.9. See [1].

True - that was the problem. Forced version of python-gdal to 1.7.3 and it is working now.

I remember having problems with gdaltools before because gdal versions - is there any way that
this can be made easier for the average user?

Cheers,

Rainer


> 
> Regards.
> 
> [1] 
> http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Re-Lots-of-errors-at-starting-up-qgis-1-7-3-after-upgrade-of-libgdal1-to-1-9-td4368868.html
>
>
> 
>> but I have /usr/lib/libgdal1.8.0.so.1
>> 
>> For reference: ~$ apt-show-versions | grep gdal gdal-bin/oneiric uptodate 
>> 1.9.0-2~exp5~oneiric1 libgdal-dev/oneiric uptodate 1.9.0-2~exp5~oneiric1 
>> libgdal-ecw-src/oneiric uptodate 1.9.0-2~oneiric1 libgdal-mrsid-src/oneiric uptodate 
>> 1.9.0-2~oneiric1 libgdal1/oneiric uptodate 1.9.0-2~exp5~oneiric1 libgdal1-1.7.0/oneiric 
>> uptodate 1.7.3-5ubuntu1 libgdal1-1.8.0/oneiric uptodate 1.8.0-3~oneiric1 
>> libgdal1-1.8.0-grass/oneiric uptodate 1.8.0-2~oneiric1 python-gdal/oneiric uptodate 
>> 1.9.0-2~exp5~oneiric1
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Rainer
>> 
>> 
>> - - -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), 
>> Dipl. Phys. (Germany)
>> 
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Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys.
(Germany)

Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology
Stellenbosch University
South Africa

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