[Qgis-user] QGis and developpement version

[Ramon Andiñach]

As do I. On windows and mac.

But that's in a set of comments relating to linux. I'm fairly sure that's right for linux.

-ramon.

On 18/03/2013, at 24:19 , Nathan Woodrow wrote:

> Unless you compile from
> source, you can not have 1.8 and 1.9 on the same computer.
> 
> This is not really right.  Using OSGeo4W you can install 1.8 and 1.9 and run them at the same time.  I'm doing it now.  In fact I tell people to do it all the time in order to test stuff for us.
> 
> - Nathan
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 12:13 AM, Andre Joost <andre+joost at nurfuerspam.de> wrote:
> Am 17.03.2013 15:08, schrieb Ramon Andiñach:
> 
> Hi Oni,
> 
> (I'm sure I'll be corrected if I get anything wrong).
> 
> It is on the website. 1.9 is the development version, aka master. Not
> sure what sort of computer you want to put QGIS on, so try one of
> these: Win:
> http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/wiki/Download#13-Master
> 
> You are right that the installation is described on the website, but it is far more complicated than the QGIS Lisboa 1.8.0 standalone installer. For non-tech people, the OSGeo4W setup procedure is a kind of blocker.
> 
> Same for ubuntu: If you did not use ppa's before, you will only get the old 1.7.4 version, or 1.8.0 with ubuntugis. I tried the suggestions for Master on the website, but finally got around with this tutorial:
> <http://qgismalaysia.blogspot.de/2012/04/ubuntu-1204-qgis-1990-installation.html>
> 
> 
> Unless you compile from
> source, you can not have 1.8 and 1.9 on the same computer.
> 
> Having a Windows laptop, I had no problem installing Lisboa standaolne and OSGeo4W Master in parallel. To use Ubuntu, I installed Virtual Box, one machine with the stable Ubuntu 12.04 and QGIS 1.8.0 from ubuntugis, and a second with Ubuntu 12.10 and Qgis Master according to the tutorial above. But it took me several weekends to get all running. That's not quite "user-friendly", I think.
> 
> 
> Greetings,
> André Joost
> 
> 
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