I should suppose to work with Mac OS X as well. Where did you get this statement?
- *SEXTANTE plugin for QGIS is not made for Mac, only for Windows and Linux*. You should add SEXTANTE repository for the plugin. Visit http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/sextante/ for details. Add it and click experimental. Noli On 4/1/12, gene <martin.lal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > I am a user of QGIS (and GRASS GIS and gvSIG, and...) on Mac OS X and not a > C, C + + or Java developer : I use Python in all developments and I'm happy > because I can do anything in the Python consoles of the softwares. I am also > a member of OSGeo-Fr. > > I simply note that there are more and more people using these software on > Mac OS X but everything is done for Linux and Windows, without even mention > Mac OS X as if it did not exist for the developers. > > Only one person, William Kyngesburye (thank to him who saves us) provides > all these softwares for the Mac Users (and also C. Barton for GRASS GIS) and > the port of GvSIG is still "experimental"... > *SEXTANTE plugin for QGIS is not made for Mac, only for Windows and Linux*. > There is no SAGA for Mac, for example, and I can install SEXTANTE but the > SAGA algorithms does not work (even the R algorithms does not work while I > can use R in GRASS GIS or QGIS without problems). > Yet the new *gvSIG Community Edition* has an extension SEXTANTE with SAGA > modules that work on Mac. > > So what is the role of Mac OS X users (not developers) if developers use > Linux and the majority of users are using Windows or Linux ? Tell the > students or beginners , change of OS ? > > I do not want to offend anyone but most users are not developers and the > only thing they want is to use the program. *In the case of QGIS for Mac, > all works well (thanks William) but there are problems with some plugins* I > always try to transmit the bugs encountered to William Kyngesburye but I > understand he can not solve everything alone, especially if it's problems > with plugins. As I know Python, I can solve some but not all. > I also understand that most developers are on Linux but Mac OS X is also a > Unix (FreeBSD based), unlike Windows. > > So, what can we do to help if we are not programmers ? > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Mac-OS-X-Sextante-and-other-plugins-or-the-forgotten-users-tp4676106p4676106.html > Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user