[Qgis-user] Custom CRS-database issues?

jch at caltech.edu jch at caltech.edu
Sat Oct 27 21:25:16 PDT 2012 

Maybe one of these days I'll figure out how to reply to a single subject
in a digest?


Thanks,

My ~/.qgis directory was owned by root.  this is the second Qgis install
I've done, and both times that directory ended up owned by root.  I
changed it to my user, but it didn't help.

I installed  psycopg2, no change.

If I start Qgis through the terminal, I get these messages on start up,
but no dialog when I try to save a custom CRS.

"Warning: loading of qgis translation failed
[/usr/share/qgis/i18n//qgis_en_US]
Warning: loading of qt translation failed
[/usr/share/qt4/translations/qt_en_US]
"

my qgis.db file is empty.


Janet




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>>    1. Re: QGIS not accepting valid Proj.4 data for CRS (Leyan)
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>>    3. Re: ubuntu 12.10 issues (Nicholas Efremov-Kendall)
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>> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:30:30 +0800
>> From: Leyan <ouyang.leyan.ml at hotmail.com>
>> To: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS not accepting valid Proj.4 data for CRS
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>> When you say "hitting the save button", do you mean clicking OK or the
>> button with the save icon ? Hitting OK will not be enough to save your
>> custom CRS, you need to click the save button first.
>>
>> I tried to add your CRS and did not encounter any issue, could you
>> describe more precisely what you did ?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Leyan
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> Thanks for looking.
>
> In QGIS I open up the Custom CRS definition dialog
>
> Copy and paste a proj4 parameter line starting with +proj=  into the
> Paremeters box
>
> Copy and paste the Name into the name box.
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> Hit the little folder icon.
>
> Nothing happens.  The number below the parameter line doesn't increment.
>
> Hit OK and the custom CRS isn't added to the database.  Could my database
> be unavailable somehow?
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> If I take a known, valid proj4 parameter line that QGIS has in it's
> database, it it won't add it either (I miswrote this below)
>
> I played around some more, and the test dialog WILL accept the custom
> parameter lines, and does say they are valid, I just can't get my database
> to recognize them.
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> I remember the database dialog box when I first installed QGIS, I think I
> just took the defaults, in the DB manager it shows a SpatialLite entry,
> but there's a flashing alert in the bottom of the window that says
> "postgis No module named psycopg2"
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> If I highlight 'SpatialLite" and click the SQL window icon, I get an error
> that says 'no database selected or you are not connected to it'.  I'm not
> sure I have the necessary SQL programs installed.  in Synaptic I have some
> sql packages, client libraries, shared libraries, python extensions.  Do I
> need a specific core SQL package to get the database in QGIS to be
> accessible?
>
> In synaptic I tried to install python-psycopg2 and I got a warning that it
> could not be authenticated and malicious control etc etc etc,  should I
> install it anyway?
>
> thanks,
>
> Janet
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>> On 10/27/2012 02:49 PM, jch at caltech.edu wrote:
>>> I'm trying to add one of the Albers equal area conic USA/North american
>>> projections as a user defined/custom CRS.
>>>
>>> QGIS 1.8.0 on Linux-Ubuntu.
>>>
>>> I went through every version on spatialreference.org/ but after
>>> entering
>>> the parameters (ie, +proj=aea +lat_1=29.5 +lat_2=45.5 +lat_0=37.5
>>> +lon_0=-96 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=GRS80 +datum=NAD83 +units=m +no_defs ),
>>> it
>>> still shows * of 0, and hitting the save button does nothing.  There is
>>> no
>>> error message however, unless I go down below and hit 'calculate', then
>>> it
>>> tells me that the proj4 definition is not valid.
>>>
>>> I went through all the permutations on spatialreference.org, and tried
>>> defining my own, but could not get QGIS to accept any of them
>>>
>>> I then went into the QGIS set projection dialog, and copied what I know
>>> is
>>> a valid proj4 definition, and tried to use it define a custom
>>> coordinate
>>> system and the custom definition dialog would still NOT accept the
>>> known
>>> valid
>>> definition.
>>>
>>> Any hints on getting one of these defined?  The given Albers-California
>>> may be close enough, but I'd like to at least be able to compare to a
>>> custom North American projection.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Janet
>>>
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:40:28 +0200
>> From: Victor Olaya <volayaf at gmail.com>
>> To: Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com>
>> Cc: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org, simbamangu <simbamangu+osgeo at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Proposal for QGIS-related blog
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>>> Personally I would like to strongly encourage
>>> to put any tutorial style articles into our QGIS-Documentation project
>>> as there are a number of advantages:
>>>
>>
>> I clearly like that idea, but I guess the blog might be good for a
>> first version and to get more exposure, and then, with a bit of
>> polishing, the most interesting posts can be moved to the
>> documentation project. I am thinking about doing it once I have a few
>> tutorials, maybe modifying them to be linked somehow, so as to get
>> somekind of bigger tutorial/workshop.
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion!
>>
>> Victor
>>
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:50:07 -1000
>> From: Nicholas Efremov-Kendall <n.e.kendall at gmail.com>
>> To: Rudi von Staden <rudivs at gmail.com>
>> Cc: qgis-user <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] ubuntu 12.10 issues
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>> In response to your email
>>
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree
>> Reading state information... Done
>> Package 'qgis' is not installed, so not removed
>> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>> nizzok at eratosthenes:~$ sudo apt-get install qgis
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree
>> Reading state information... Done
>> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
>> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
>> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
>> or been moved out of Incoming.
>> The following information may help resolve the situation:
>>
>> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>>  qgis : Depends: qgis-providers (= 1.8.0-1~quantal1) but it is not going
>> to
>> be installed
>>         Depends: qgis-common (= 1.8.0-1~quantal1) but
>> 1.9.0+git20121015+5afd739~precise-ubuntugis1 is to be installed
>>         Recommends: qgis-plugin-globe but it is not going to be
>> installed
>>         Recommends: qgis-plugin-grass but it is not going to be
>> installed
>> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>>
>> and the same if qgis was purged
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Rudi von Staden <rudivs at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Okay, that doesn't look too bad, Nicholas. Definitely change the
>>> "precise"
>>> to "quantal" in your http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu repo (or disable
>>> it
>>> entirely by putting a # in front of the deb and deb-src entries - you
>>> shouldn't need anything there to get qgis working). You only have the
>>> one
>>> ppa enabled, which is the right one if you want to install qgis 1.8.0.
>>>
>>> What happens if you run the following commands?
>>> sudo apt-get update
>>> sudo apt-get remove qgis
>>> sudo apt-get install qgis
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Nicholas Efremov-Kendall <
>>> n.e.kendall at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Rudi,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance and here you go:
>>>>
>>>> $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list | grep ppa
>>>> # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/olivier-berten/geo/ubuntu quantal main
>>>> #
>>>> disabled on upgrade to quantal
>>>> # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/olivier-berten/geo/ubuntu quantal
>>>> main # disabled on upgrade to quantal
>>>> # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/sharpie/for-science/ubuntu quantal main
>>>> #
>>>> disabled on upgrade to quantal
>>>> # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/sharpie/for-science/ubuntu quantal
>>>> main # disabled on upgrade to quantal
>>>> # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/sharpie/postgis-stable/ubuntu quantal
>>>> main # disabled on upgrade to quantal
>>>> # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/sharpie/postgis-stable/ubuntu
>>>> quantal
>>>> main # disabled on upgrade to quantal
>>>> deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable/ubuntu
>>>> quantal
>>>> main # disabled on upgrade to quantal
>>>> deb-src
>>>> http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable/ubuntuquantal
>>>> main # disabled on upgrade to quantal
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>> # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release i386
>>>> (20110427.1)]/
>>>> natty main restricted
>>>>
>>>> # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade
>>>> to
>>>> # newer versions of the distribution.
>>>> deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted
>>>> deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted
>>>>
>>>> ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
>>>> ## distribution.
>>>> deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates main
>>>> restricted
>>>> deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates main
>>>> restricted
>>>>
>>>> ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the
>>>> Ubuntu
>>>> ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive
>>>> any
>>>> ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
>>>> deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal universe
>>>> deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal universe
>>>> deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates universe
>>>> deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates universe
>>>>
>>>> ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the
>>>> Ubuntu
>>>> ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself
>>>> as
>>>> to
>>>> ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
>>>> ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
>>>> ## security team.
>>>> deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal multiverse
>>>> deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal multiverse
>>>> deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates multiverse
>>>> deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates
>>>> multiverse
>>>>
>>>> ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the
>>>> 'backports'
>>>> ## repository.
>>>> ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
>>>> ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it
>>>> includes
>>>> ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful
>>>> features.
>>>> ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any
>>>> review
>>>> ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
>>>> # deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-backports main
>>>> restricted universe multiverse
>>>> # deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-backports main
>>>> restricted universe multiverse
>>>>
>>>> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main restricted
>>>> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main
>>>> restricted
>>>> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe
>>>> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe
>>>> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security multiverse
>>>> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security multiverse
>>>>
>>>> ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
>>>> ## 'partner' repository.
>>>> ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical
>>>> and
>>>> the
>>>> ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
>>>> deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner
>>>> # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu natty partner
>>>>
>>>> ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
>>>> ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
>>>>  deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
>>>>  deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Rudi von Staden
>>>> <rudivs at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Nicholas,
>>>>>
>>>>> It sounds like your repositories are in a bit of a mixed-up state if
>>>>> you
>>>>> upgraded to 12.10 (quantal) and your sources.list has repos from
>>>>> 12.04
>>>>> (precise). Also if your sources gui is broken, you might need to get
>>>>> ubuntu
>>>>> to a stable state before looking at qgis. The first step is to check
>>>>> what
>>>>> repositories and ppa's you have enabled.  Could you attach or paste
>>>>> your
>>>>> full /etc/apt/sources.list file? Also the output of this command run
>>>>> from
>>>>> the terminal:
>>>>> cat /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list | grep ppa
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>> Rudi
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 5:36 AM, Nicholas Efremov-Kendall <
>>>>> n.e.kendall at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Rudi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, at this point I just want to go back to a stable version. i've
>>>>>> changed my repos in etc/apt/sources.list to
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
>>>>>>  deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and I still get this as an error in terminal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  qgis : Depends: qgis-providers (= 1.8.0-1~quantal1) but
>>>>>> 1.9.0+git20121014+2754df0~precise1 is to be installed
>>>>>>         Depends: qgis-common (= 1.8.0-1~quantal1) but
>>>>>> 1.9.0+git20121015+5afd739~precise-ubuntugis1 is to be installed
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So, how do I roll back to 1.8? Also, my software sources gui is
>>>>>> broken.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:20 AM, Rudi von Staden
>>>>>> <rudivs at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Nicholas,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My guess would be that during the upgrade, some of your
>>>>>>> repositories
>>>>>>> were turned off. qgis (1.74+1.75~20120320-1.1) is the version in
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> 12.10
>>>>>>> ubuntu repository, but it looks like you previously installed qgis
>>>>>>> from the
>>>>>>> master repository (1.9.0+git20121015+5afd739~precise-ubuntugis1).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you still want to use the cutting-edge qgis version, check in
>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>> software sources (Ubuntu Software Center > Edit > Software Sources;
>>>>>>> then
>>>>>>> Other Software tab) for something with
>>>>>>> "http://qgis.org/debian-nightly"
>>>>>>> in it. Check that it now reads
>>>>>>> "http://qgis.org/debian-nightlyquantal", and enable it. Then from
>>>>>>> the command line, run "sudo apt-get
>>>>>>> update && sudo apt-get install qgis". If that still doesn't work,
>>>>>>> I'd
>>>>>>> remove qgis (sudo apt-get remove qgis), and then try to reinstall
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>> (sudo
>>>>>>> apt-get install qgis).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you'd rather revert to a more stable and tested version of qgis,
>>>>>>> the instructions may be different...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>>> Rudi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Nicholas Efremov-Kendall <
>>>>>>> n.e.kendall at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Still having issues with my ubuntu install. I just upgraded to
>>>>>>>> 12.10,
>>>>>>>> but I was having problems before. It looks like the system is
>>>>>>>> expecting 1.7
>>>>>>>> dependencies, but tries to install 1.9 and fails.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>>>>>>>>  qgis : Depends: qgis-providers (= 1.7.4+1.7.5~20120320-1.1) but
>>>>>>>> 1.9.0+git20121014+2754df0~precise1 is to be installed
>>>>>>>>         Depends: qgis-common (= 1.7.4+1.7.5~20120320-1.1) but
>>>>>>>> 1.9.0+git20121015+5afd739~precise-ubuntugis1 is to be installed
>>>>>>>>         Recommends: qgis-plugin-grass but it is not going to be
>>>>>>>> installed
>>>>>>>> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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