On 02/02/2011 11:21 PM, Alex Mandel wrote: > So I sent someone to go download and install the Mac Standalone of QGIS > 1.6, only to find out that there isn't a standalone installer anymore. > I'm sure there are reasons, and that's fine, but... I think we missed > the ball on making sure that it's easy for a new user to get started. > > Looking at the page http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/qgis > I'm guessing that only way to install QGIS now is to grab the Mac disk, > install Frameworks, then grab the GDAL and GSL frameworks packages and > finally the QGIS package? It's implied but it doesn't say it anywhere > obvious. > > If this is true any chance we could update the instructions to give the > step by step for a new user who has no idea what Frameworks are. Also > could we point the GDAL and GSL links to the files themselves as opposed > to the frameworks page, so that the install doesn't turn into a hunt for > the right stuff to download? > > FYI to translators, I've re-ordered the Mac download links on the qgis > wiki to reflect that the standalone is no longer the "recommended for > new users". > > Thanks, > Alex
Note: I think I meant to ask if the user needs to install Xcode in order to use the frameworks. But I'm not Mac user so please straighten the record. Thanks, Alex _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
