[udig-devel] Getting started with uDig

[Gordon Keith]

On Wednesday 30 May 2007 09:26, Sunburned Surveyor wrote:
> I can give you some help setting up Java on Linux if you need it,
> since I run into this issue with OpenJUMP.

I have java (jdk 1.6.0_01-b06) installed with JAI (1.1.3) and JAI-IO (1.1) on 
my system. The udig distribution comes complete with a JRE which seems to 
include JAI. I'm not sure which JRE the udig binary is using or how to 
specify it.

> Just let me know what Linux distribution you are using and if you have
> Java installed.
>
> The Subnurned Surveyor
>
> On 5/29/07, Jody Garnett <jgarnett at refractions.net> 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
> >
> > It includes some information about the problems opening a browser (you
> > need a copy of Mozilla installed).
> >
> > 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 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 looked a little out of date: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.
> >
> > 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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>
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Gordon Keith
Programmer/Data Analyst
Marine Acoustics
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
http://www.cmar.csiro.au

"The next generation of interesting software will be done on Macintosh, 
not the IBM PC." 
- Bill Gates, talking to Business Week, 1984