Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software, using its own desktop environment.
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GeoServer Web Admin Interface: 404 error
I'm working through the OpenGeo workshop and I'm stuck with setting up a GeoServer. When I try to access the Web Admin Interface localhost:8080/geoserver/, Tomcat reports a "HTTP 404 Status" error ...
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Cannot fix QGIS after upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04 Raring
I have following problem. After upgrade to 13.04 I had problem with PyQGIS mentioned here.
I followed almost all advices described there, finally removed QGIS (had 1.8 Lisboa) and added the Ubuntugis ...
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Is ArcGIS available on Ubuntu?
Is ESRI's ArcGIS platform of programs available on Ubuntu? I love open source and if I could I would love to try and migrate to this open source OS.
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'Couldn't load PyQGIS' after upgrade to Raring Ringtail?
I upgraded my Ubuntu to Raring Ringtail.
After that, when starting QGIS I receive a message:
Couldn't load PyQGIS.
Python support will be disabled.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", ...
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Installing OpenGeo suite breaks tomcat on an instance of AWS Ubuntu Server 12.04
I am running an instance of Ubuntu Server 12.04 on AWS and after installing the OpenGeo suite have been unable to get access to tomcat6 via localhost:8080 and thus no access to the OpenGeo dashboard.
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when Google earth launches , only black screen is appearing
i'm installing google earth on ubuntu 12.0.4 in a following way :
Downloaded 64 bit .
sudo dpkg -i google-earth-stable_current_amd64.deb
google-earth
But when Google earth launches , only black ...
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Unable to install the PostGIS extension to PostgreSQL on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
I just installed Linux Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (on a virtual machine). I then successfully installed the PostgreSQL 8.4 database management system. I am now trying to install PostGIS, which is an extension ...
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Install Opengeo 3.0.1 in ubuntu 12.04
I tried to install OpenGeo community edition 3.0.1 in Ubuntu 12.04. In the installation instruction it is mentioned that this version is supported only "10.04 and ...
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PostGIS installation on Ubuntu 10.12 (Amazon Services)
On Ubuntu 10.12 (AMI on Amazon), I use aptitude to install Postgresql and PostGis.
On terminal running psql interactive prompt, I type CREATE EXTENSION postgis and
ERROR: could not open extension ...
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How to install GDAL 1.10 with OGR SQLite driver support on Ubuntu?
How can I install GDAL 1.10 with OGR SQLite driver support, and JPEG and PNG drivers per http://www.gdal.org/frmt_mbtiles.html
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What could I do to make QGIS find all the plugins?
I'm starting to use Ubuntu 12.10 and would like to get my QGIS running on it. Installation was fine but when I tried to add a package called Points to Paths the Plugin Manager was unabled to find it. ...
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Can POSTGIS 2.0 be install with POSTGRES 9.2 on Ubuntu 12.04 OS at the moment?
This question is more about environment set up.
At the current moment, March 4th 2013, can POSTGIS2.0 be install with POSTGRES 9.2?
I check their website out and to my understanding it is not ...
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Install PostGIS on Ubuntu 12.04
I am trying to install PostGIS on Ubuntu 12.04 and I think everything is installed correctly except for postgresql. I followed this post. I get the following error and nothing I do seems to satisfy ...
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How do I get and install the latest version of QGIS in Ubuntu?
I'd like to get the latest 64-bit dev build of QGIS on my Ubuntu setup. How exactly do I go about it? I assume it's some kind of arcane terminal command...
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“Hello World” introduction for ubuntuGIS?
Is the GIS equivalent of "Hello world!" = "You are here?"
I installed ubuntuGIS recently, but I'm a little overwhelmed navigating the network of many packages to begin accomplishing simple things. ...
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Using TileDrawer with Ubuntu
Is there a specific tutorial on using http://tiledrawer.com/ with Ubuntu ?
The instructions are not very clear on the webpage itself.
Thanks.
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Is the GIS Repository In Ubuntu in a different stream than the main repository?
I was checking out this:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS
and it outlines how to install PPA for GIS.
I performed a basic apt-cache search on a few things and QGis and mapserver are available.
Such ...
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QGIS projects - collaboration on different platform
on my computer, I have both - Ubuntu and Windows - operating systems.
Since I work on both of them and QGIS save path to particular layers using absolute path,
it's very inconvenient to store ...
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Issues with OSM Plugin in QGIS on Ubuntu 12.04
(not sure how to wrap the subject into a question! But...)
Here are some issues I've been having with the OSM plugin:
1) When I bring in the .OSM file, close QGIS, then reopen, I get a "Handle Bad ...
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Why does the QGIS 'project properties' option disappear in Ubuntu?
For some reason my 'project properties' button has disappeared for good. I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 and QGIS 1.8.
Sometimes it would straight up disappear, to return later, but now its just 'gone'.
I'll ...
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How to fix crashes after update to Ubuntu 12.04?
Some weeks ago I had updated Ubuntu at the 11.10 version, but I had started having problems with QGIS 1.8: I installed the program and launched it, but it didn't open and crashed continuously.
I ...
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How to install PostgreSQL 9.2 with PostGIS 2.0 on Ubuntu 11.10 (or higher)?
I have read this question: Install PostGIS v2 for PostgreSQL v9.2, but it didn't resolve my problem.
I added the PostgreSQL backports PPA and installed the postgresql-9.2 package, but there is no ...
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How to compile QGIS with GRASS on Ubuntu?
I am on Ubuntu building qgis with grass plugin. I have build grass code separately and used --prefix to provide the path
GRASS_PREFIX is /usr/local/grass-6.4.2 and GRASS_INCLUDE_DIR is ...
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“Please ensure that the GDAL_DATA environment variable is set and try again” on Kubuntu 12.10
I'm having a problem loading the 'convert os gml to ogr' plugin in QGIS 1.8 running on (k)ubuntu 12.10.
Basically, clicking the plugin prompts the error:
"Please ensure that the GDAL_DATA ...
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Unable to locate PostGIS in OpenGeo Suite using command line
I am working on this new ubuntu 12.04 server and I need to work on the Postgres database which is PostGIS enabled. The problem is I am not sure how to locate the database using command line. The ...
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Django client install postgresql/postgis on Ubuntu 12.04
Does anyone know what apt packages one should install for a postgres(8.4)/postgis(1.5) django (1.4) client on ubuntu 12.04?
All recipes seem to assume that I want to install the full ...
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Tilecache seeding with mapserver doesn't generate tiles
I'm attempting to seed my tile cache on the server for use within OpenLayers for a few zoom levels, however the script doesn't seem to be working at all and everything I try I just get the same ...
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QGIS and Ubuntu 'browse' dialogue causing crashing
Below is an image of 'the suspect dialogue' in Ubuntu that when you encounter it in QGIS you are most definitely going to crash the application.
http://ow.ly/i/ZGNc/original
You find this ...
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QGIS Georeferencer and Coordinate Systems
I'm having an issue with Ubuntu and Windows versions of QGIS where the georeferencer does not properly assign the coordinate system to the output raster.
When I assign the output CRS to 'EPSG:900913 ...
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QGIS 1.8 Desktop and Ubuntu 11.10
I'm working with QuantumGis 1.8 Desktop on Ubuntu 11.10. Two days ago the program crashed while I was working with some WMS layers and then it hasn't been working anymore. When I open QuantumGIS ...
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QGIS locked into fullscreen mode on Ubuntu 12.04
No crash in this case, but I made the mistake of toggling to fullscreen mode on my netbook running Ubuntu 12.04. It's now impossible to escape this "No Menus" view, and it seems to have disabled the ...
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Why can't I install python-qgis on Ubuntu 12?
I am with ubuntu 12 and Qgis 1.8. I have installed QGIS and grass plugin but I can't install python plugin. How to install python plugin with dependeny in Ubuntu?
~$ sudo apt-get install python-qgis
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How to use Dealul Piscului 1970/Stereo 70 (EPSG:31700) with Google Mercator?
To open Google layer I use OpenLayers 0.93 plugin, the base layer has CRS "Dealul Piscului 1970/Stereo 70 (EPSG:31700)", the Google layer is set to "Google Mercator (EPSG:900913)".
The same base ...
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Installing the development files libqgis-dev in Ubuntu 12.04
I am trying to install development files which include the headers and the libraries for qgis in Ubuntu 12.04. I used Ubuntu software center, synaptic and the terminal and am still getting the same ...
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QGIS Crashing in Ubuntu / 'Save As' browsing
When trying to create a new shapefile in QGIS on Ubuntu, I get a crash whenever I browse to a folder to save the file.
Has anyone else experienced this?
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Why does the layer list context menu not open anymore?
I cannot access layers properties (i.e. change color, filter by query, anything).
The mouse right click doesn't do anything.
Is there a way restoring qgis to default?
Ubuntu 12.04, QGIS 1.8
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QGIS 1.8 problem with rendering polygons in WGS84 on Ubuntu 12.04
I'm using QGIS 1.8 on Ubuntu 12.04. If I add a polygon layer in SHP format and WGS84 projection and start to zoom in, from a scale of 1:200.000 aprox. polygons on the edges are not drawn anymore and ...
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GDAL does ECW but QGIS (Linux !!) does not load ECW file
Followed instructions from various posts (each one with slight variations on the theme) and most of the time have no trouble getting the installed GDAL to accept ECW files. However, QGIS stubbornly ...
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SID and/or ECW support on QGIS for Linux
Running QGIS on Ubuntu 11.04 and QGIS for Android on Galaxy Tab 10.1 (which is an awesome project by the way)
NEED to figure out a way to get SID and/or ECW files loaded.
Saw some posts about ...
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Spatially enabled Postgres database
I am trying to create a spatially enabled PostGIS database. I am following the PostGIS documentation, http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-1.5/ch02.html#id2648455.
In the short ...
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How to install fTools and Table manager
I've just make clean install of Qgis Lisboa under Ubuntu Precise. Latest Qgis version under Windows XP is very unstable (crashes every few minuter while editing shp file).
After new installation ...
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How to install QGIS on Ubuntu 12.04?
Has anyone had any luck with getting QGIS working on Ubuntu 12.04? I have tried the stable and unstable versions and with not luck. I also get the following:
"Some packages could not be installed. ...
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Python GDAL package missing header file when installing via pip
Hi I asked this question in the regular Stack Exchange site (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11336153/python-gdal-package-missing-header-file-when-installing-via-pip) before I realised this site. ...
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QGIS Globe UnsupportedOperationException
My QGIS Globe is not working: After starting it, that massage pops up in a endless loop:
UnsupportedOperationException: GeometryGraph::add(Geometry &): unknown
geometry type: ...
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Compiling Grass from Source in Ubuntu
Hi a while ago I drafted a semi-universal guide on how to compile GRASS GIS on Ubuntu.
Because I had enough emails asking more details I thought to post it here for everyone and if possible to ...
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Migrating to Linux from Windows
I am looking at switching over a computer from Windows to Ubuntu. I have been a Windows user all my life and been using GIS for over a decade. I am curious about the migration to Ubuntu. Mostly, ...
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Problem loading vector layer (pyQGIS)
I've installed the qgis on ubuntu 12.04 following the instructions on http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/wiki/Download. I am trying to test the Python API and try to do the follwoing
from ...
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ECW for QGIS 1.8 in Ubuntu 12.04
I have followed various online help guides on how to make ecw for QGIS 1.8 work in Ubuntu 12.04. I had it all working in Ubuntu 10.04 but since migration to 12.04 no such luck.
Is there a guide that ...
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“Find by attribute” plugin error
This is the error message, when launching the plugin. I hope this is the right place, where to report this kind of message.
Any help would be appriciated!
An error has occured while executing ...
