[Qgis-user] MacOS installation: GSL?

[Lars Huttar]

The QGIS package I downloaded was 
http://www.kyngchaos.com/files/software/qgis/QGIS-2.6.1-2.dmg
which I thought was the most recent version.
I no longer have the GDAL Complete URL in my browser to verify what I 
downloaded, but the dmg file is called GDAL_Complete-1.11.dmg, and it's 
dated Dec. 7, 2014.
It's possible that I tried to install things in a different order than I 
was supposed to, but I don't think so.

Get Info on the Frameworks/GDAL.framework folder gives me "GDAL/OGR 
1.11.1-2" for the Version. That's helpful, but I still don't know how to 
determine whether I have GDAL complete or incomplete (other than the 
fact that I happen to remember downloading and installing GDAL Complete 
last night, and I still have the dmg lying around). I searched under 
Frameworks/GDAL.framework for a readme, but didn't find one.

Regards,
Lars


On 1/29/15 10:22 AM, William Kyngesburye wrote:
> SQLite3 is NOT needed separately.  Are you sure you downloaded the
> most recent GDAL Complete and QGIS? There was a change in December in
> SQLite3 (part of GDAL Complete) that required a rebuild of QGIS.  So
> if you have an old copy of one and new other, they won't work
> together.  QGIS and GDAL versions did not change, just the builds, so
> it may be confusing.
>
> GDAL Complete is a collection of frameworks, what's needed for GDAL
> to function.  The frameworks are listed in the readme: GDAL, PROJ,
> GEOS, SQLite3, UnixImageIO, plust the NumPy Python module.  Other
> than the major GDAL version, I only version the whole package by date
> in the readme, since any of the bits can change.  Get Info on the
> frameworks to see which of each version is installed.
>
> On Jan 29, 2015, at 8:59 AM, Lars Huttar <huttarl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Junior and William. I ended up installing GSL separately
>> just in case. (And I made sure I already had MatPlotLib.) But it's
>> good to know that, at least in the mailing list archives, we've
>> straightened out the fact that as of 2.6, it's not necessary to
>> install GSL separately.
>>
>> Incidentally, when I ran the QGIS installer, it told me that SQLite
>> 3 was a missing requirement, and wouldn't continue the
>> installation. So I installed SQLite 3, after which the QGIS
>> installer worked fine.
>>
>> So I guess SQLite 3 should be added to the requirements on both of
>> the web pages mentioned below? So the list should be: - GDAL
>> Complete - SQLite 3 - MatPlotLib
>>
>> Another nice bit of info to have somewhere would be, how do I tell
>> what I already have installed? E.g. last night before I installed
>> GDAL Complete (having installed QGIS 2.4 and GDAL in the past), I
>> had /Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework, and I wasn't sure if that
>> was GDAL Complete or just GDAL. So I installed GDAL Complete; but
>> it apparently installed in the same folder. And the
>> /Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Versions directory still has the
>> same contents as before: 1.11 and Current (which is a symlink to
>> 1.11). So how do I know whether I have GDAL Complete? And similarly
>> for the other requirements.
>>
>> Thanks for all your contributions to make QGIS available and usable
>> for the masses!
>>
>> Lars
>>
>> On 1/29/15 9:38 AM, William Kyngesburye wrote:
>>> GSL is NOT needed, it's packaed inside the app.  I'm sure I asked
>>> someone to remove that from the QGIS site but nothing was done
>>> about it.
>>>
>>> On Jan 28, 2015, at 9:18 PM, Lars Huttar <huttarl at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, I looked at the installation notes for Mac OS X at
>>>> https://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html, where it
>>>> says "This version requires separate installation of dependency
>>>> frameworks (GDAL Complete and GSL) , also found at the download
>>>> link below." The link below is
>>>> http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/qgis But on that page, I find
>>>> no mention of GSL, only GDAL. (I figured out that GSL refers to
>>>> the GNU Scientific Library, FWIW.)
>>>>
>>>> One other requirement is listed on the kyngchaos.com web site
>>>> (and not on the QGIS.org download page): the MatPlotLib python
>>>> module.
>>>>
>>>> So I'm confused ... do I really need to install GSL separately,
>>>> and if so, where can I find an installer for Mac OS X? And is
>>>> the kyngchaos.com web page in error, or is the GQIS.org
>>>> download page out of date?
>>>>
>>>> The previous version of QGIS that I have installed, v2.4, seems
>>>> to have GSL inside it:
>>>> /Applications/QGIS.app/Contents/Frameworks/GSL.framework
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Lars
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>> http://www.kyngchaos.com/
>>>
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>>>
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>>> Galaxy
>>>
>>>
>>>
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