Hey Brent, You should check out the PostGIS docker images, makes it even easier to get going.
Nathan On May 24, 2014 12:26 PM, "Brent Wood" <pcr...@pcreso.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm definitely more of a user than developer, & have not compiled QGIS now > for several years (no need these days - thank you all!!) > I've been using QGIS under various distros of Linux (Mandrake, PCLOS, > Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Fedora, Mint, etc) since QGIS v0.2, way back when... > > I just built a new 32 bit VM of Linux Mint 17 RC (based on Ubuntu Trusty > v14.04) , and applied all updates. > Added the Postgres repository (according to instructions): > sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/trusty-pgdg > main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list' > wget --quiet -O - http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ACCC4CF8.asc | > sudo apt-key add - > > Added the Ubuntu dev snapshot repository (listed in Jürgen's email) the > same way: > sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://qgis.org/debian-nightly trusty main" >> > /etc/apt/sources.list' > > Updated the package list: > sudo apt-get update > > And then fired up Synaptic to install the software I wanted, which > includes (amongst lots of others) Postgres 9.3, Postgis 2.1, QGIS dev (v2.3) > > Added my user as a Postgres superuser, created a test db, connected & > added a Postgis extension, edited pg_hba.conf to allow trusted access from > localhost, reloaded the postgresql service & started QGIS, then connected > to my new db. > > Everything worked perfectly, & I now have an updateable VM running the dev > version of QGIS to test with - including Postgis connection functionality > which is critical for me. I concede that this procedure might be a bit > daunting for a casual user, but for anyone familiar with Linux, it was just > a matter of finding the relevant instructions (and repositories) and going > through a normal setup process for installing software apps on a fresh Mint > (Ubuntu) install. > > Now to load some plugins, data, symbologies, etc & try it out... > > > My thanks to all those who's work allows people like me to do this stuff, > and have it "just work!" > > Brent Wood > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* kimaidou <kimai...@gmail.com> > *To:* Lene Fischer <l...@ign.ku.dk> > *Cc:* qgis-user <qgis-u...@lists.osgeo.org>; qgis-developer < > qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org> > *Sent:* Saturday, May 24, 2014 8:41 AM > *Subject:* Re: [Qgis-user] [Qgis-developer] [ANNOUNCE] 2.3 feature freeze > begun > > Ok, sorry for the noise... I did not notice the links in your email > pointing to the adequate pages. I am still a bit tired after the great > foss4gfr we had in Paris this week ;) > > Jürgen, maybe a single very short HTML page in QGIS website with the > content of your email would be a good idea ? > > Michael > > > 2014-05-23 22:13 GMT+02:00 Lene Fischer <l...@ign.ku.dk>: > > +1 > > > *Lene Fischer* > Associate Professor > > *Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management* > University of Copenhagen > > MOB +45 40115084 > l...@ign.ku.dk > > > [image: SCIENCE_bomaerke_UK] > > > *Fra:* qgis-developer-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto: > qgis-developer-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] *På vegne af *kimaidou > *Sendt:* 23. maj 2014 21:50 > *Til:* Jürgen E. Fischer > *Cc:* qgis-user; qgis-developer > *Emne:* Re: [Qgis-developer] [ANNOUNCE] 2.3 feature freeze begun > > Thanks Jürgen for this reminder > We should provide a HTML page with some help how to download and test > the master version. Otherwise Windows, Linux and Mac users who are not > developpers (and compilers) would not be able to help us testing the master > version. > I remember there is one download page with a new Master Windows build > every week. Having the same for other distributions would help. Do you > think builders could provide some help to build a single wiki page "Try > the last Master for Windows, Linux and mac distros ? Or this page already > exists ? > Having a single link could help us in this list to call for testers > among the end users (via twitter and other channels) > Michael > > 2014-05-23 21:31 GMT+02:00 "Jürgen E. Fischer" <j...@norbit.de>: > Hi, > > I'd like to remind everyone that the 2.3 development cycle ended at 12:00 > UTC. We are now in feature freeze on the road to the 2.4 release on > 2014-06-20<http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?p0=1440&iso=20140620T12&year=2014&month=6&day=20&hour=12&min=0&sec=0&msg=2.4%20Release>(almost > 28 days away; see also > roadmap<http://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/development/index#road-map.html> > ). > > Now *we*, *the community*, need to prepare QGIS for release. No new > features will be added anymore. *Users*, if not already begun, should > now start extensive testing of master and report bugs on the > hub<http://hub.qgis.org/>. > *Developers* should move their focus from creating new features to fixing > bugs. *Translators* can can continue their work (Werner updated the > translations in master. Thanks! Note that this might be an incremental > process as - although there is feature freeze - bug fixes could still > change or add translation strings). > > The nightly builds of QGIS testing available for > Windows<http://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/alldownloads.html#windows>, > Linux (Debian <http://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/alldownloads.html#id3>and > Ubuntu<http://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/alldownloads.html#qgis-testing>) > and Mac OS <http://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/alldownloads.html#id13>are > now effectively snapshots of what's going to be released. Except of > course for the bugs that are going to be fixed until release day. For > Windows there will also continue to be weekly snapshots of the standalone > installer that can serve as Release > Candidate<http://www.qgis.org/downloads/weekly/> > . > > Lets keep up working together to make 2.4 another great release. > > > Jürgen > > > -- > > Jürgen E. Fischer norBIT GmbH Tel. +49-4931-918175-31 > > Dipl.-Inf. (FH) Rheinstraße 13 Fax. +49-4931-918175-50 > > Software Engineer D-26506 Norden http://www.norbit.de > > QGIS PSC member (RM) Germany IRC: jef on FreeNode > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > qgis-u...@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > qgis-u...@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >
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