Check in the Manage Plugins menu that you have the Plugin Installer enabled.
The authentication thing is no big deal sometimes the keyservers just aren't working. As a question of clarification which repository are you installing QGIS from? Thanks, Alex On 01/29/2012 04:40 AM, Gerhardus Geldenhuis wrote: > Hi > That installation unfortunately had no effect. Still no python plugin menu > option. In addition I also get the message: > > WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! > libqgis1.7.3 python-qgis python-qgis-common > Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y > > which I ignored > > I ran sudo ldconfig thinking maybe a link somewhere is missing but that did > not do the trick either. The packages were installed previously: > > Preparing to replace python-qgis 1.4.0+12730-5ubuntu1 (using > .../python-qgis_1.7.3-1~natty1_i386.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement python-qgis ... > Preparing to replace python-qgis-common 1.4.0+12730-5ubuntu1 (using > .../python-qgis-common_1.7.3-1~natty1_all.deb) ... > > so maybe there is something else wrong? > > Regards > > On 28 January 2012 21:46, Alex Mandel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A classic problem we really need to tackle better: you're missing the >> python-qgis package or maybe the base plugins >> >> sudo apt-get install python-qgis python-qgis-common >> >> Give that a try, restart qgis and see if you have python plugin access. >> >> Thanks, >> Alex >> >> >> On 01/28/2012 01:39 PM, Gerhardus Geldenhuis wrote: >>> Thanks Alex, >>> >>> I only have "Manage Plugins" and "Python Console" on my Plugins menu and >> my >>> list of plugins does not contain qspatialite plugin. I am using 1.7.0 on >>> Ubuntu. I am trying to get the spatialite gui working at the moment as >> the >>> alternative. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> http://www.gaia-gis.it >>> On 28 January 2012 21:16, Alex Mandel <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>>> On 01/28/2012 01:08 PM, Gerhardus Geldenhuis wrote: >>>>> Hi >>>>> I have spend some time polishing the data I have and it is in csv >>>> format. I >>>>> would like to run queries on it and display a number of custom >> queries's >>>>> data on my map. I thought spatialite would be the answer but I am >>>>> struggling to connect the dots. I first tried to import the csv file >>>>> directly which worked a treat. I then exported the csv file as a SQLite >>>>> database and tried to add it as Spatialite database, that failed for >>>>> obvious reasons. >>>>> >>>>> I then thought that maybe I can directly do queries on the csv >> data.... I >>>>> managed to get a query working on the data and that query now displays >>>>> different coloured dots. However I could not find this query again nor >>>> seem >>>>> to be able to change the symbology based on the query type. >>>>> >>>>> My csv file contain multiple types of points which I would like to map >>>> with >>>>> different symbology. Any help would be appreciated. The manual explains >>>> how >>>>> to create a spatialite db but makes no mention of how to get data into >> a >>>>> spatialite db, >>>>> >>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> Best Regards >>>>> >>>> >>>> Try the QSpatialite plugin (from Fetch python plugins). >>>> 1. Create an empty spatial database >>>> 2. Connect and use the Upload Tables tab under which you can pick CSV as >>>> the source. >>>> >>>> Alternative method, download the spatialite gui from spatialite website >>>> and use that to import the csv. Once imported QGIS will be able to see >>>> it, though you may need to create a geometry column and run an update >>>> query to populate it. >>>> >>>> Enjoy, >>>> Alex _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
