Awesome, thanks for this - I've really enjoyed the discussion too, a great deal of good information there.
I downloaded and ran http://vbkto.dyndns.org/sdk/Download.aspx?file=release-1600-x64-gdal-mapserver\gdal-18dev-1600-x64-core.msi on Windows 7 64-bit. I removed an existing path reference to a build from your site, then started the installed "GDAL 18dev (MSVC 2010 Win64) Command Prompt" shortcut. On running "gdalinfo" I get two repeated popup errors: --------------------------- gdalinfo.exe - System Error --------------------------- The program can't start because OCI.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- and this in the command window: C:\Program Files\GDAL>gdalinfo ERROR 1: Can't load requested DLL: C:\Program Files\GDAL\gdalplugins\gdal_GEOR.dll 126: The specified module could not be found. ERROR 1: Can't load requested DLL: C:\Program Files\GDAL\gdalplugins\gdal_GEOR.dll 126: The specified module could not be found. Usage: gdalinfo [--help-general] [-mm] [-stats] [-hist] [-nogcp] [-nomd] [-norat] [-noct] [-checksum] [-mdd domain]* datasetname Otherwise it reports fine on a basic GeoTIFF. Thanks again, and I hope that small detail is of some use. Cheers, Mike. On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Tamas Szekeres <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks, > > Upon the inspiration on the recent conversation in this topic I've put some > efforts to automate the creation of a generic GDAL installer derived from > the distributions available at http://vbkto.dyndns.org/sdk/. > > Currently the following options are available from this site to install and > use GDAL: > > 1. Download the .zip package extract it in some location and run > SDKShell.bat to run the commandline tools (this is the former approach) > 2. Use the core msi installer to install GDAL and use the installed shortcut > to run the command line tools. Python users should install the python > bindings installer as well. > > In order to have the bindings work the location of the core files should be > added to the PATH manually (this requirement will probably be removed in the > future when the automatic loader approach is implemented at the bindings) > > The core installer places an entry in the registry (currently in HKCU) > containing the install location which will allow the loader to find the > required components. > > This task is not yet complete, the following issues are to be handled or > reviewed in some way. > > 1. Side by side installation of the multiple versions is not yet supported. > 2. Must review the license agreement (currently taken from the GDAL site) > 3. Must review the product name > 4. Must review the installer design > 5. Must review the selectable features > 6. Loader approach to be implemented for the bindings > 7. Versioning rules should be clarified (should synchronize the registry > entries among the versions) > 8. Further fixes > > > The core installer is provided as a single wix project file the build > process is executed by the command line apps (candle.exe and light.exe). I > will make the whole approach public as part to the -dev packages at > http://vbkto.dyndns.org/sdk/. By using this addition one can easily rebuild > the installer after creating a customized GDAL build. > > The wix project file could also be included in GDAL source tree and a new > target could be added in the gdal makefile for creating the installer (the > CRT redistributable merge modules and the dependent dlls must be available > during the build). Having the locations of the OSGeo4w files in place, this > approach could easily generate the same installer for the OSGeo4w bundle. > > > Any testing efforts / comments / wishes are graciously accepted. > > Best regards, > > Tamas > > > _______________________________________________ > gdal-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev > -- Michael Sumner Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania Hobart, Australia e-mail: [email protected] _______________________________________________ gdal-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev
