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
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From: kimaidou <kimai...@gmail.com>
To: Lene Fischer <l...@ign.ku.dk>
Cc: qgis-user <qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org>; qgis-developer
<qgis-develo...@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
>
>
>
>
>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
>(almost 28 days away; see also roadmap).
>
>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. 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, Linux (Debian and
>Ubuntu) and Mac OS 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.
>
>Lets keep up working together to make 2.4 another great release.
>
>
>Jürgen
>
>
>
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