My ignorant understanding of the (windows, right?) osgeo installer is that it downloads the bits you choose to install. That's a bit complex for me to setup and maintain, and I would prefer to stick to standard OS X installer mechanisms. I personally don't like installer installers (and stores for that matter), it makes for unecessary redownloading when installing on multiple computers, or reinstalling.
On Nov 6, 2014, at 10:48 AM, chris marx <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd just like to second the notion of an easier install for mac, an installer > would be great, and I'd really like it if, just like the osgeo installer, you > could specify that you want the oracle support installed too- > > On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 11:41 AM, William Kyngesburye <[email protected]> > wrote: > It should be possible, there is a build option to do that, though I haven't > fully tested it. (GSL is bundled, I keep forgetting to ask someone to fix > the QGIS donwload page to remove that requirement.) > > You would miss out on GDAL driver plugins, especially those with > non-GPL-compatible licenses. They would still need separate installers, and > I would have to figure out where to install them. Probably a QGIS > application support mirroring GDAL's, though it could share use of the normal > GDAL plugins. Not in the application, not proper. > > Required python modules are another thing that would be needed to be bundled. > But users would still need to separately install other Python modules needed > by any QGIS plugins they installed. > > About the installer vs. drag-n-drop: the installer is needed for compiling > the python scripts and creating the browser alias. Drag-n-drop is not the > only "normal" installation method on OS X. Installers are just as "normal". > > Besides sharing GDAL with other software, GDAL and the Python modules are > very useful on their own, and I hear from many people who do use them > separately from and alongside QGIS. > > One thing I'm not sure about, if QGIS knows to specify the GDAL resource dir > (datums, projections, ...) if it's not at the default location programmed > into GDAL. And that goes for not only GDAL as a library, but the GDAL tools > and GDAL python. (and other libraries that have resource dirs like PROJ and > geotiff) > > I have considered an alternative: putting the current GDAL and Python module > installers on the QGIS installer disk image. It's one download, but users > would still have to install each of them in the right order. > > The problem with this, and another problem with the bundling method, is that > when any of the pieces change, I have to package the whole thing again (and > with bundling that means saving the compiled source and running the make > install again to do the bundling, and hope that something doesn't trigger a > recompile). And the user has to download the whole monster again and install > it. > > On Nov 6, 2014, at 3:20 AM, Andreas Neumann <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I wonder if we could offer "all in one" OSX QGIS packages in the future? > > > > The average OSX user is afraid of installing separate frameworks - even if > > its very simple. The normal install way on OSX is just drag and drop to the > > applications folder. > > > > Is there a particular technical reason why we cannot include GDAL/GSL into > > the QGIS package? I know that it wouldn't be shared with other FOSSGIS > > software then - but would this matter a lot? > > > > Andreas > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Qgis-developer mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > ----- > William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com> > http://www.kyngchaos.com/ > > [Trillian] What are you supposed to do WITH a maniacally depressed robot? > > [Marvin] You think you have problems? What are you supposed to do if you > ARE a maniacally depressed robot? No, don't try and answer, I'm 50,000 times > more intelligent than you and even I don't know the answer... > > - HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer ----- William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com> http://www.kyngchaos.com/ [Trillian] What are you supposed to do WITH a maniacally depressed robot? [Marvin] You think you have problems? What are you supposed to do if you ARE a maniacally depressed robot? No, don't try and answer, I'm 50,000 times more intelligent than you and even I don't know the answer... - HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
