[Qgis-user] Help installing ECW plugin for Mac?

[William Kyngesburye]

The /Library folder where you need to move the ECW library files to is hidden by default.  It's easy to get into it (I guess I tend to skip the obvious bits) - from your desktop, Go menu, Go to folder, type in /Library.  From there you can browse to the folder mentioned in the Readme.

The newer version shouldn't matter as far as installation goes.  But it could be a problem at runtime, if the API has changed.

On Feb 8, 2015, at 6:41 PM, yanoff at tularosa.net wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am having trouble installing the ECW plugin on a Mac OS X 10.7.5.  QGIS
> 2.6.1-2 and the GDAL 1.11 framework are already installed.  
> 
> I  downloaded the ECW plugin v1.11.0-1 from kyngchaos 
> (http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/frameworks#gdal_complete) and installed
> it.  The Readme for the plugin says that the ECW SDK must then be installed. 
> I downloaded ERDAS ECW/JP2 SDK v. 5.2.1 (MAC OSX) from Intergraph
> (http://download.intergraph.com/download-portal).  I installed it.  The
> Readme has instructions for copying files and folders to complete this
> installation.  But I am not able to find the files and folders to copy on my
> Mac.
> 
> I noticed that the ECW SDK download link - ERDAS ECW/JP2 SDK v. 5.2.1 (MAC
> OSX) - seems more current than the download file specified in the Readme -
> ERDAS ECW/JPEG2000.  So maybe that has something to do with it?
> 
> Anyway, can anyone give me simple, updated instructions how to install the
> ECW plugin and ECW SDK for QGIS 2.6.1-2, and ? Also, if I need to uninstall
> the plugin and ECW SDK that I already installed first, I do not know how.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Steven Yanoff
> 
> 
> 
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