[Qgis-user] flatpak qgis on CentOS 7 hangs on Project Save after displaying dbus error

[Nyall Dawson]

On Mon, 2 Nov 2020 at 08:55, Todd Pfaff <pfaff at rhpcs.mcmaster.ca> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2 Nov 2020, Nyall Dawson wrote:
>
> > Just a heads-up -- neither the Flatpak nor anaconda releases are
> > supported by QGIS.org. For all support for these you'd need to reach
> > out to their corresponding communities, not the upstream QGIS support
> > platforms.
>
> Not a problem, I certainly wasn't expecting any support from anyone.
> This isn't my first foss rodeo - been doing this for 30+ years.  I just
> followed up here to close the loop on my original posting and to let
> others know what worked for me.  I'm sure I could install the whole kit
> from source if I still had the patience (and lower workload) that I had
> decades ago.
>
> I may very well later have to use a different installation method if we
> find out that the Anaconda installation isn't up to snuff or is lacking
> features needed by the folks that I support, but we'll cross that bridge
> when it comes.
>
> I wasn't able to find anything about a Flatpak QGIS community, neither
> mentioned on the QGIS installers page which mentions the Flatpak
> installer, nor via google, which I tried that before posting anything to
> this list.  Maybe my google fu is weak.

It's this one : https://github.com/flathub/org.qgis.qgis


>
> I wouldn't have even known there was an Anaconda installer for QGIS if I
> hadn't happened to be watching this list and seen the post from another
> user with a Flatpak problem who mentioned the Anaconda installer.
>
> Perhaps someday someone will update the QGIS Installers page and:
> - add your "heads up" note to the Flatpak section,
> - add an Anaconda section,
> - add your "heads up" note to the Anaconda section,
> - replace or augment the ancient RHEL/CentOS section with suggestions to
>    try the Flatpak and Anaconda installers for more current QGIS versions,
>    which is known to work as reported by other users on this list but which
>    is not supported as per the "heads up notes" in those other section.

I think that's a reasonable suggestion. Perhaps something along the lines of

"While there's also flatpak, snap and anaconda versions of QGIS
available, these are not officially supported and have some serious
known issues."

That would alert users to their presence while still effectively
"washing upstream's hands clean" of any responsibility for these!

Nyall


>
> cheers,
> Todd