#115: postinstall could open "you need to XX next" file/url
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Reporter: maphew | Owner:
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Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: major | Component: Installer
Version: | Keywords:
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To help people with the scenario below the ECW, !MrSid and similar
packages which can't be shipped complete could open up a file or url
explaining what people need to next to complete the install.
((
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2009-October/022454.html))
>> >> One thing I am currently missing in OSGeo4W GDAL is support for ECW
and
>> >> MrSID -- is it available? I've installed the gdal-ecw and gdal-
mrsid
>> >> packages, but it seems I am missing the DLLs. E.g. when I try
"gdalinfo
>> >> --formats" I get complaints:
>> >> ERROR 1: Can't load requested DLL:
>> >> C:\OSGeo4W\apps\gdal-16\bin\gdalplugins\gdal_ECW_JP2ECW.dll
>> >> 126: The specified module could not be found.
>> >>
>> >> ERROR 1: Can't load requested DLL:
>> >> C:\OSGeo4W\apps\gdal-16\bin\gdalplugins\gdal_MrSID.dll
>> >> 126: The specified module could not be found.
>> >>
>> >> Have tried this with both gdal-* and gdal16-* packages. And
remembered to
>> >> run gdal16.bat to activate the GDAL 1.6 environment. However, can't
get
>> >> ECW and MrSID support.
>> >>
>> >> I suspect this is due to licensing issues. Do I need to install
support
>> >> for these formats separately?
> >
> > Yes, you need to get the SDKs from Erdas and Lizartech.
> >
> > See the GDAL supported format list for information:
> >
> >
http://www.gdal.org/formats_list.html Aleksey,
I would add that the OSGeo4W package pages for these packages have
additional details:
http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/pkg-gdal-mrsid http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/pkg-gdal-ecw--
Ticket URL: <
http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ticket/115>
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