Category: Software

Because QGIS links the python library, you must install the python.org Python 3.6. You can’t substitute another python 3 installation. Sorry, that’s the way it is.

QGIS 3 is finally ready! As noted previously for GDAL 2.2, big packaging changes include minimum OS X Yosemite and Python 3. Also note that during installation it needs internet access to install the necessary Python modules. QGIS 3 installs as “QGIS 3.app”, so it can be used alongside QGIS 2.

Currently it is missing the globe plugin, I’ll work on adding that next. But it does include the new 3D features.

I’ve done little testing in my rush to get this ready. …argh, looks like the SAGA Processing provider is not working.

GDAL 2.2 is ready, along with all it’s friends. For now, I only have the GDAL Complete package, no GDAL plugins or individual frameworks. I’ll eventually package the GDAL plugins, but I think I’ll not make individual framework packages.

This marks another major release change.

The minimum system is now OS X 10.10 Yosemite. This is partly due to the usual change in my development system and my needs, but also for a fundamental need for C++11 in some components (while C++11 support is available in earlier systems, it is not developed enough).

Also, it is now only 64-bit.

Finally, I switched away from using the system Python — the frameworks and upcoming QGIS 3 will use a user-installed Python 3.

All the frameworks are made so they don’t conflict with earlier packages (even of the same version), but that also means they are not drop-in updates to the earlier packages.

QGIS 2.18.15-3 fixes a long-broken SAGA and recently-broken Metasearch plugin. Also restored OTB functionality.

Yeah, late, QGIS 2.14.14 & 2.18.7 are ready.

Starting to catch up. GDAL 2.1.3 is ready. QGIS updates coming soon.

About the future… Due to changes in my development setup and the future QGIS 3, GDAL 2.2 and QGIS 3 will be a minimum OS X Yosemite (10.10). GDAL 2.2 will probably be 64bit-only also.

QGIS 2.14.8 and 2.18 are now available. GDAL updated to 2.1.2 and GEOS updated to 3.5.1. I also restored the speedups to the GEOS Shapely python module (it’s been missing because I was missing some Python development modules).

Postgres updated to 9.4.9. Along with PostGIS 2.2.2 and pgRouting 2.0.1.

I will try to update pgRouting to 2.2, but it is possibly a problem due to C++ library issues.

Sorry for the long wait. QGIS 2.16.2 is now available. And QGIS 2.14.6 has been promoted to LTR. Both now use GDAL 2.1 (included).

Finally starting to catch up. First up is a big GDAL 2.1 update (I skipped 2.0). Note that for end-users this will not be automatically used by other software like QGIS and GRASS. Next will be updating QGIS (new versions & to use GDAL 2.1).