Bug report #11715
Building QGIS from source - step by step outdated information
| Status: | Closed | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Assignee: | - | ||
| Category: | Documentation and Help | ||
| Affected QGIS version: | master | Regression?: | No |
| Operating System: | Any | Easy fix?: | No |
| Pull Request or Patch supplied: | No | Resolution: | |
| Crashes QGIS or corrupts data: | No | Copied to github as #: | 19953 |
Description
There is an outdated information in the document “Building QGIS from source - step by step” (http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://raw.github.com/qgis/QGIS/master/doc/INSTALL.html)
In the chapter “3.9.2. Step 2: compile and install the ecw libraries” refers to non-existing web server: http://www.erdas.com/. Long time ago was obtained by Leica and now it is as a part of Hexagon Geospatial. All downloads are redirected to Intergraph server. Intergraph does not provide 'Image Compression SDK Source Code 3.3'. You have to use ERDAS ECW/JP2 SDK v5.1 (with free Desktop Read-only license) or search for 'Image Compression SDK Source Code 3.3' out in the wild.
More information:
http://www.gdal.org/frmt_ecw.html
http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/ECW
Associated revisions
update INSTALL (fixes #11715)
- remove outdate "practical case" section
- include pointer to GDAL formats for build instructions for proprietary
formats in overview
- cosmetics
History
#1
Updated by Jürgen Fischer over 9 years ago
- Status changed from Open to Closed
Fixed in changeset f10a8cce7d5345de602f3c95c3e59b9f0d2febbf.