[Qgis-user] sextante & saga

[Giovanni Manghi]

Hi Matteo

> Hi,
> I also work on a ubuntu 12.04 and what you said is true. Repositories
> update Saga up to 2.1 that doesn't work with sextante.
> I solved installing the packages of 12.10. You can use Saga as
> "standalone" and via Sextante.
>
> Go on synaptic and remove the 4 packages:
> -saga
> -libsaga-dev
> - pytho-saga
> - libsaga
>
> Then go here http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ and look for the same 4
> packages you removed, but choose those for quantal or raring (you will
> see version 2.0.8 available)
> Just download them as deb package and let your ubuntu install all the stuff.


thanks for the tip, but it doesn 't work for me as this packages are
built with the old libgdal library.

Even if it worked we need anyway a better solution as most of the
users need a simpler and more straightforward way to install the
packages.


cheers!