[Qgis-user] mrsid qgis 2.8 and ubuntu 14.04

[Randal Hale]

So there was a thread on this back in February - I keep up with this 
because I also would like the functionality - I've just failed in trying 
to get it to work. Most likely skill issues on my part.

Thread here: 
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2015-February/041128.html

Good Luck - Randy


On 06/26/2015 01:58 PM, Chris House wrote:
> i did try both of the build methods and neither worked. I get "command 
> not found" for both.
>
> I would prefer a different format but I'm unaware of another file type 
> that can compress as well as mrsid (usable file sizes) that cover as 
> much territory (>200km2)
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris
>
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 1:51 PM, James Keener <jim at jimkeener.com 
> <mailto:jim at jimkeener.com>> wrote:
>
>     I've not used it as a gdal plugin and in the past have simply
>     converted
>     my data into a more standard format:
>
>     http://jimkeener.com/posts/orthoimagery
>
>     Have you followed the steps you've linked to? Did either the
>     gdal-build-mrsid or gdal-mrsid-build work?
>
>     Jim
>
>     On 06/26/2015 01:43 PM, Chris House wrote:
>     > Hi all,
>     >
>     > I'm trying to find some updated instructions for adding MrSid
>     support
>     > for QGIS 2.8 on Ubuntu 14.04.  I started following the
>     instructions from
>     > here:
>     >
>     > https://trac.osgeo.org/ubuntugis/wiki/TutorialMrSid
>     >
>     > However, I'm hung up on the instructions where you do the build.  I
>     > downloaded the following mrsid sdk from Lizardtech and extracted it.
>     >
>     > MrSID_DSDK-9.1.0.4045-linux.x86-64.gcc44.tar.gz
>     >
>     > The readme specifically says "no real installation is necessary"
>     >
>     > Can someone point me to some updated instructions on how to get
>     mrsid
>     > support in QGIS 2.8?
>     >
>     > Thanks!
>     >
>     > Chris
>     >
>     >
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