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> Dear Mr.\Miss Support: > > I've got a problem when I am installing quantum GIS. Would you please > give me some helps? Thanks very much. > > Here is some details: > > I'm using a latest suse11.2 (due to re-installed for GIS system...), > and have installed postgresql and postGIS. Now, I want to install Quantum > GIS, so I download these packages: > > 1. qgis10-1.0.2-9.8.i586.rpm > 2. qgis10-devel-1.0.2-9.8.i586.rpm > > However, when I run this: "rpm -ivh qgis10-1.0.2-9.8.i586.rpm", it > shows the messages: > error: Failed dependencies: > libgdal >= 1.5.0 is needed by qgis10-1.0.2-9.8.i586 > gpsbabel is needed by qgis10-1.0.2-9.8.i586 > libgdal.so.1 is needed by qgis10-1.0.2-9.8.i586 > > Then I try to install "libgdal1-1.6.2-1.1.i586.rpm", here is the later > message: > error: Failed dependencies: > libnetcdf.so.4 is needed by libgdal1-1.6.2-1.1.i586 > > Therefore should I install "netcdf-4.0.1-6.1.i586.rpm"? I attemped. Got > the message: > warning: netcdf-4.0.1-6.1.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID > 9591c39b > error: Failed dependencies: > libnetcdf.so.4 is needed by netcdf-4.0.1-6.1.i586 > > I'm sorry I don't paste warning message before, it's always there. > > I tried other packages, such as libnetcdf4-4.0.1-6.1.i586.rpm, > libnetcdf-devel-4.0.1-6.1.i586.rpm, and earlier versions 3.3 . All failed > for dependencies. > > If the libnetcdf.so.4 wasn't got from netcdf, where should I get it? I'm > a beginner, not familiar with netCDF. I hope you could help me to solve this > problem. Thank you! > > Best regards. > Howdy! I don't know what repository you are getting your packages from, but someone there perhaps needs to fix things. I can't address that problem for you. You can get netCDF and build from source, this also requires HDF5 and zlib. Instructions are here: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs_snapshot/netcdf-install/Quick-Instructions.html Good luck! Ed Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: PED-677017 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed