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

[William Kyngesburye]

I checked out the new ECW SDK and it looks like it won't work with the current GDAL-ECW plugin.  I just rebuilt the plugin, so download the new GDAL-ECW plugin.

On Feb 8, 2015, at 7:55 PM, William Kyngesburye <woklist at kyngchaos.com> wrote:

> 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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