[udig-devel] Installing OS X version of uDig

[Michael Brasser]

I installed uDig 1.1.M8 on my home computer (running OS X version  
10.4.5) earlier this week. Some information that might be helpful for  
other OS X users:

1. Java Advanced Imaging is automatically installed with 10.4. Users  
still using 10.3 can download and install JAI from http:// 
www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/ 
java3dandjavaadvancedimagingupdate.html
(reference: http://developer.apple.com/java/faq/apis.html#anchor1)

2. Image I/O is NOT automatically installed, and needs to be manually  
installed to support some of uDig's functions (I found this out when  
trying to load a world file for the first time). There is no specific  
OS X version of Image I/O, but jai_imageio.jar from the Windows or  
Linux installers (http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jai/ 
downloads/download-iio-1_0_01.html) can be used by placing the jar  
in /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.5/Home/lib/ 
ext before running uDig.
(reference: http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOT/2.2+Dependencies)

Regards,
Michael