Hi On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 4:47 PM, Paolo Cavallini <[email protected]> wrote:
> Il 20/03/2016 10:17, Tim Sutton ha scritto: > > I mainly had bad experiences when trying to mix packages and hand build > > QGIS on the same system. Since I don’t use packages I have every version > > of QGIS installed for the last 6 or so releases in a pattern like this > > > > /usr/local/qgis-<version> > > > > I have little launcher scripts and .desktop files so that you can simply > > launch whichever version you want from gnome (or whatever DE you > > prefer). This all works seamlessly without any issue. I also have docker > > launchers set up in a similar way. Although I am a huge fan of docker, I > > actually think building multiple binaries into different prefixes gives > > you a better experience and would be my recommended approach if a user > > is able to compile themselves. > > OK, I'll follow your recommendations then. > > > I’ll make a little repo with my start > > scripts and .desktop files if that is useful to anyone (you just need to > > ensure you use the same INSTALL_PREFIX convention I do. > > Please do share it. A very short howto on what your install approach is > will be useful. > Will do when I get back to my desktop PC with all my scripts on it. Regards Tim > > All the best, and thanks. > -- > Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu > QGIS & PostGIS courses: http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tim Sutton Visit http://kartoza.com to find out about open source: * Desktop GIS programming services * Geospatial web development * GIS Training * Consulting Services Skype: timlinux Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net Tim is a member of the QGIS Project Steering Committee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kartoza is a merger between Linfiniti and Afrispatial
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