[Qgis-user] Newbie question re installing qgis on linux and qgis - development version

[Ramon Andiñach]

On 16/12/2013, at 03:51 , h wrote:

> Hi,
> I am running linux - Mageia 3 (intel x86-64) and want to run qgis
> version 2.x, and use the OpenLayers plugin. The mageia repo only has
> qgis 1.x.
> 
> The Linux install instructions on 
> http://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/alldownloads.html#linux
> indicate that the way for me to install is through the repo.  My repo
> has 1.x and I want 2.x so I am looking for an alternative.
> 
> I have downloaded the qgis source files and done a build on the current
> development system.  I now have a developer version of qgis which I can
> run.  My problem with this is that the OpenLayers plugin
> (version 1.1.2) crashes.
> 
> Can someone please advise me on how to install qgis 2.x on a linux
> system when the repo only supports qgis 1.x?

Getting the current development version was an interesting choice. It might have been safer to select the "release-2_0" branch and download that.

> Should the OpenLayers plugin work on the development system (It does
> not look like an internal plugin to me, but I may be wrong)?

It should.
> Should I contact the plugin's developer?

If you think you have a genuine bug, there's a bug tracker on hub.qgis.org. You could give some information on this list about what's happening, and maybe someone could help. Even if just to say, yep that's a bug.

> Is there a qgis 2.0.x rpm or deb file I can install?

Absolutely. See the Downloads page.

> Is there a way to download the source files in such a way that I get
> the latest release version (which will run the OpenLayers plugin?

Yes. The downloads page points to github for the source. On github, you can choose which branch to use, and choose the "release-2_0" branch.

-ramon.