Hi Angelos Although I have experience in creating Arch packages, and source compiling, I have no clue in creating debs (although I have done it once or twice in the past).
I will be grateful if one could just give me a quick guide in how to create a deb. Pieter On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Welcome Pieter, > > It would be very interesting if you could help us create packages like: > osgeolive-lxde_xyz.deb, osgeolive-kde_xyz.deb etc... > > Those could be included in our ppa and replace the current shell menu > installer. > Then we could try an alternate iso creation or a process to install KDE on > top of current iso. > > Thoughts? > > Best, > Angelos > > > On 11/28/2015 03:30 PM, Pieter du Plooy wrote: > > Hi guys > > I have been following the development of this project for a couple of years > now, and was especially happy to see a 64 bit version, as one of my most > used applications is Opticks, as that is only available as 64 bit. > > I personally would welcome "forks" based on other Desktop environments, as > I particularly like KDE > > I would like to volunteer attempting to test the feasibility of using KDE. > (Kubuntu) > > On a side note, I have been using Gentoo for ages, but have recently > switched to Arch Linux, as it gives me greater freedom in what I choose to > include, and to compile the apps that I want. The last few months I have > spent using GIS software on Arch, and was really impressed of what can be > done!! Most, if not all apps included on the DVD, I can use in Arch. > > I would like to try (in the new year) to have a GIS specific Arch Distro, > to see if I can emulate the Live DVD in Arch. > > Regards > > Pieter > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 1:44 PM, Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kal...@gmail.com> > <gcpp.kal...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > On 11/28/2015 01:24 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > > I had the following email sent directly to me. > I'm responding publicly to the OSGeo-Live list as I there may be others > with suggestions, but have removed the sender's name. > > On 23/11/2015 6:36 am, XXX wrote: > > Is it possible to add more desktop managers? Lubuntu has just LXDE. With > the current project, when I try to use another manager (GNOME or Cinnamon), > lots of programs stop working (and I really don't understand why). > This is not really a matter of functionality. It's just that I don't enjoy > working in a Windows-like distribution of Linux. I think GNOME is a > environment that aims productivity. > > > For OSGeo-Live, we only support one desktop manager, primarily as reduces > the amount of testing required in getting the release out. Lubuntu is the > desktop we use because it is small and we try to keep the size small enough > to fit on a DVD. > > We'd be happy to see another distribution supported as a branch, but I > expect it will be quite a bit of effort. Volunteers are always welcome. > > > During the build procedure we customize the desktop environment in order > to add the geospatial menu, the desktop items etc. We do not do this > customization on the packaging level: we do not produce derivative deb > files of LXDE. > > Instead we execute: > https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive/blob/master/bin/install_icons_and_menus.sh > which customizes the desktop post-install. > > To achieve what is suggested here would require us to fork debian > packaging of other desktop environments (GNOME, KDE etc) and make sure that > all applications work fine on those environments. > From my experience, every major GNU/Linux distribution has a dedicated > team of maintainers for each desktop environment supported. > > Short answer: we could do that if we had enough hands to help. > > > > > There's also a recommendation of adding a program called SPRING > (http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html). I underestimated this > software for remote sensing image processing. My mistake. I never saw a > software transform a scanned map (raster) into vector so fast and so > perfectly. And I will not mention the awesome speed of its supervised > classification. It's astounding. I never witnessed something alike. Not in > free or proprietary software. > Sadly! This software will not be supported anymore. I hope someone fork it > in some moment. > > > If this project is as good as you suggest, and there is a community behind > the project who wish to do the work to bring the project to OSGeo-Live, > then we would certainly consider it. > The process is described > here:http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#Including_OSGeo-Live_at_your_event > > > +1 > > Best, > Angelos > > > And... That's it! > > Thanks! > > > > > > ______________________________ > _________________ > Live-demo mailing > listLive-demo@lists.osgeo.orghttp://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demohttp://live.osgeo.orghttp://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc > > > > -- > Angelos Tzotsos, PhD > OSGeo Charter Memberhttp://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos > > > _______________________________________________ > Live-demo mailing > listLive-demo@lists.osgeo.orghttp://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demohttp://live.osgeo.orghttp://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc > > > > _______________________________________________ > Live-demo mailing > listLive-demo@lists.osgeo.orghttp://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demohttp://live.osgeo.orghttp://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc > > > > -- > Angelos Tzotsos, PhD > OSGeo Charter Memberhttp://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos > > > _______________________________________________ > Live-demo mailing list > Live-demo@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo > http://live.osgeo.org > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc >
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