[udig-devel] Getting started with uDig

[Gordon Keith]

On Wednesday 30 May 2007 09:22, Jody Garnett wrote:
> You are correct the walkthough instructions are focused on Windows.
>
> We have been working on a page here about running uDig:
> - http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/EN/Running+uDig

Looks good, how do you get to it from the main uDig page (I didn't amange to 
find it)?

> It includes some information about the problems opening a browser (you
> need a copy of Mozilla installed).

Is there any reason why it has to be Mozilla?

> If you are just running udig from a zip file you will need to set up
> your copy of Java with JAI. I am not sure if you linux download included
> a copy of Java or not? We better wait for someone else to answer this
> email before asking you to mess around with JAI.

The linux download does include a JRE which does include the JAI jar files.

Is there any way to run udig using the JRE installed on the system?

> The only instructions I found on the web site were for developers and
> looked a little out of date:
> - http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/UDIG/Linux+System+Check
>
> I think our username/password for the database changed.

It might be worth updating the walkthrough PDF.

Regards
Gordon

> Cheers,
> Jody
>
> > I'm trying to get started using uDig and am having a number of problems.
> >
> > I've downloaded udig-1.1-RC10a.linux.gtk.x86.zip and unzipped it.
> >
> > I run udig.
> >
> > If I try to click on the tutorial or help I get the message:
> > Unable to open web browser on {0}
> >
> > I tried following the walkthrough in uDigWalkthrough-1.1.pdf, but
> > dragging the DMS solutions WMS link from the web page onto the Layers
> > View did nothing.
> >
> > I tried to follow the section Adding a layer from projects view and
> > selected a PostGIS data source host:www.refraction.net, port:5432,
> > username:postgres it then gave a message Connection to Database, but that
> > never seemed to finish.
> >
> > If I try to create a new Layer from a GeoTIFF using, File, New, New
> > Layer, Files, Next,  and open a GeoTIFF I get:
> > File can not be read.  Could be a JAI configuration problem or a
> > corrupted file.  Error recieved was: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException:
> > ImageRead: No OperationDescriptor is registered in the current operation
> > registry under this name.
> >
> > I didn't manage to find any installation instructions in the package or
> > on the website.
> >
> > Any pointers as to how I resolve these issues?
> >
> > Regards
> > Gordon
>
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Gordon Keith
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Marine Acoustics
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
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