[Qgis-user] Rasterize (vector to raster) no longer exists

Thu Jul 18 10:33:32 PDT 2013

On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:12 PM, William Kyngesburye <woklist at kyngchaos.com
> wrote:

> Glad to hear it's working.
>
> It's not GDAL 1.10 that's the problem, it's the GdalTools plugin in QGIS
> 1.8.  As I stated on my site, I won't be rebuilding QGIS 1.8 to use GDAL
> 1.10, and this problem turns out to be a very good reason, I just missed
> the little issue of which GDAL is default.  Note that my manual symlink fix
> probably wouldn't work - it's GDAL python that is the default that is
> causing trouble, which reinstalling 1.9 also fixes.
>

The root of the problem is due to a change in the GDAL version strings in
python. The GdalTools plugin (if not updated) does not support the new
naming scheme.

>
> I can't think of a solution to have both GDAL versions behave with QGIS
> 1.8.  I just checked the GdalTools settings, and you can set a GDAL Python
> path, but the global user python path still overrides this and you get GDAL
> 1.10.
>
> On Jul 18, 2013, at 9:38 AM, Thiago V. dos Santos wrote:
>
> > Dear William, Etienne and all the others who tried to help me,
> >
> > Reinstalling GDAL 1.9 did the trick. Now I have plenty of options under
> the raster menu again. Yay!!
> >
> > Thanks for all the tips, and I hope GDAL 1.10 for Mac is patched soon!
> >
> > All the best,
> > --
> > Thiago V. dos Santos
> > PhD student
> > Land and Atmospheric Science
> > University of Minnesota
> >
> http://www.laas.umn.edu/CurrentStudents/MeettheStudents/ThiagodosSantos/index.htm
> > Phone: (612) 323 9898
> > From: William Kyngesburye <woklist at kyngchaos.com>
> > To: Thiago V. dos Santos <thi_veloso at yahoo.com.br>
> > Cc: Etienne Tourigny <etourigny.dev at gmail.com>; "
> qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org List" <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 8:28 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Rasterize (vector to raster) no longer exists
> >
> > ... duh.  I never updated my QGIS 1.8 package for GDAL 1.10.  BUT, when
> you install GDAL 1.10, it becomes the default for the GdalTools configured
> path because of a symlink from /Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Programs
> to the current version.
> >
> > The simple fix is to just reinstall GDAL 1.9 to make it the default.  Or
> if you don't have the GDAL 1.9 installer, type this in a Terminal window:
> >
> > sudo ln -sfh versions/1.9/Programs
> /Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Programs
> >
> > Either way you do this, any other Terminal use of GDAL will now also
> default to 1.9, so you have no easy access to new GDAL 1.10 features in a
> Terminal.
> >
> > I also did not update GRASS 6.4.2 for GDAL 1.10, so you don't need to
> look for an earlier version to reinstall.
> >
> > On Jul 17, 2013, at 7:15 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote:
> >
> > > I found the git commit (hopefully just the one).  Applied and seems to
> work.
> > >
> > > I can package an update later...
> > >
> > > On Jul 17, 2013, at 6:54 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote:
> > >
> > >> If it's GDAL 1.10 causing the problem, did anyone say anything on the
> list or in a bug report.  I just blindly rebuilt my OS X QGIS to use GDAL
> 1.10, it would have been nice to know I should not have.
> > >>
> > >> Is there a simple fix for this that I could add to my QGIS 1.8 build?
> > >>
> > >> If not, Thiago, then reinstall QGIS 1.8-1, this will use the old GDAL
> 1.9 framework which should still be installed, though the GDAL path in
> GdalTools config will still point to the latest GDAL 1.10.  For simplicity,
> reinstall GDAL 1.9, that will reset the default GDAL version, yet still
> leave both 1.9 and 1.10 installed.  You should probably then reinstall the
> previous GRASS 6.4.2-? (I forget which build version).  But, I haven't
> updated my archive in a while so these old versions will be difficult to
> find if you don't have your own backup of them.
> > >>
> > >> ... for all that hassle, I hope that the GdalTools can be easily
> fixed to avoid all the downgrading.
> > >>
> > >> On Jul 17, 2013, at 5:45 PM, Etienne Tourigny wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> I am pretty sure it is due to gdal-1.10. The GdalTools plugin has to
> fixed to support gdal-1.10.  Can you try to downgrade to gdal-1.9?
> > >>>
> > >>> Cheers
> > >>> Etienne
> > >>>
> > >>> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Thiago V. dos Santos <
> thi_veloso at yahoo.com.br> wrote:
> > >>> Dear Etienne, Wernner and Giovanni,
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks for the feedback. I examined each of your suggestion and I'm
> still not sure on what is causing the lack of some options. Everything is
> enabled, and still the only option I have under raster -> conversion are:
> > >>>
> > >>> - Translate (convert format)
> > >>> - RGB to PCT
> > >>> -  PCT to RGB
> > >>>
> > >>> GDAL Path is configured under gdaltools settings as follows:
> > >>>
> > >>> /Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Programs:/usr/bin
> > >>>
> > >>> (just like recommended by the maintaner of the packages for Mac)
> > >>>
> > >>> Any clue?
> >
> >
> > -----
> > William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com>
> > http://www.kyngchaos.com/
> >
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> >
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> >
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