[Qgis-user] mdb and QGIS in Ubuntu 12.04 with UbuntuGis

[Jesús Francisco]

I answered nikos's question but then realized that it was only to him,
so i'll replicate what i write. Note: i think the list should be
configured so the messages go with the "answer to" option asigned to
the list and not to the remitter.

2012/6/5 nikos ves <vesnikos at gmail.com>:
> Hey Jesus,
>

Hello Nick

>
> When you say " The point is that there is people able to work with QGIS
> in Ubuntu and .mdb files " what do you mean?
>
> You can't open the files? Qgis doesn't recognize them?
> Can you be more specific on what seems to be the problem?
>

Right. First, i'm not really clear my self, so let me complement my
question: how are .mdb files used in qgis and a SIG in general.

I have a .mdb file and i'm supossed to open it and it should have
vector layers. I tried in QGIS with "add a vector layer" -> "file" ->
"and select the .mdb file.

What happen is an error message: "the .mdb file is not a valid data origin"

> Nick
>
> On Tue, 2012-06-05 at 09:42 -0430, Jesús Francisco wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm working with QGIS 1.7.4[*] in Ubuntu 12.04 installed from the
>> UbuntuGis repository[1]. Also, i need to work with an .mdb file made
>> by a colleague with ArcGis.
>>
>> I seems that QGIS is able to work with .mdb files [2], [3] in Windows.
>> I don't find the link, but i readed that in Linux it was needed
>> mdbtools, or and/or LibreOffice Base.
>>
>> The point is that there is people able to work with QGIS in Ubuntu and
>> .mdb files, but i can't. What am i missing?
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> [1] https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugis
>> [2] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/2010-March/008001.html
>> [3] http://gis.stackexchange.com/a/20725/4599
>>
>> [*] Compiled agints: GDAL/OGR:1.7.3, PostgreSQL:9.1.3, SpatiaLite:
>> 2.4.0, QWT: 5.2.2, QT: 4.8.1.
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