QGIS 0.8.1 Release Notes for Macintosh

Contents

1. Requirements
2. Included Libraries
3. Known limitations
4. GPS Plugin
5. GRASS Plugin

1. Requirements

This release of QGIS requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or 10.4. A PostgreSQL version 7 or 8 server with PostGIS extensions installed is required if using PostgreSQL features.

2. Included Libraries

The following libraries are included with this distribution of QGIS. If you have other versions of these libraries installed, QGIS will ignore your versions and use these.

GDAL 1.4.1 (libgdal.1.11.0.dylib)
GEOS 2.2.3 (libgeos.2.2.3.dylib)
PROJ 4.4.9 (libproj.0.5.0.dylib)
SQLITE3 3.3.15 (libsqlite3.0.8.6.dylib)
Xerces-C++ 2.7.0 (libxerces-c.27.0.dylib)
Qt/Mac 4.3.0 (various Qt frameworks)
GIF 4.1.4 (libgif.4.1.4.dylib)
JPEG 6b (libjpeg.62.0.0.dylib)
PNG 1.2.8 (libpng.3.1.2.8.dylib)
TIFF 3.8.2 (libtiff.3.dylib)
GeoTIFF 1.2.3 (libgeotiff.1.2.3.dylib)
JasPer 1.701.0.GEO (libjasper-1.701.1.0.0.dylib)
Expat 2.0.0 (libexpat.1.5.0.dylib)
GSL 1.8 (libgsl.0.9.0.dylib, libgslcblas.0.0.0.dylib)
PostgreSQL 8.2.4 (libpq.5.0.dylib) This client can also access a version 7 server.
GRASS 6.2.1 (libgrass_*.6.2.1.dylib)

3. Known limitations

Some dialogs have cosmetic issues with buttons.

To use QGIS with a language other than English, you must change both the Language and Format settings in the International System Preferences. The QGIS application menu uses the Language preference while all other QGIS menus use the Format preference to select the language.

4. GPS Plugin

To use GPSBabel with the GPS plugin, QGIS must be able to find it. This can be done in one of two ways. Create a symbolic link to GPSBabel in some directory already on your search path:

ln -s /Applications/GPSBabel+\ 1.3.3/gpsbabel /usr/local/bin/gpsbabel

or add the folder containing GPSBabel to your search path:

export PATH=$PATH:/Applications/GPSBabel+\ 1.3.3

5. GRASS Plugin

To use all the functions of the GRASS plugin, QGIS should be launched from inside GRASS. Some GRASS distributions provide a GRASS menu item to launch QGIS. If GRASS does not contain a QGIS menu item, launch QGIS from the GRASS command-line prompt:

/Applications/qgis-0.8.1/qgis.app/Contents/MacOS/qgis

If you try to use the GRASS plugin while not running GRASS, you will be able to open GRASS files but not use GRASS tools. If you have not previously run QGIS with GRASS, you may be prompted for the location of the GRASS directory GISBASE. Because this directory is inside the GRASS application bundle and cannot be directly selected, you should choose Cancel and then run QGIS from inside GRASS. QGIS will remember the GISBASE directory for subsequent launches.