Here is a roll of videos I have produced:
??/07 - (soon to come) Cross compiling python/QGIS apps on Mac, Win and Linux
??/07 - (soon to come) Adding to base python tutorials toward a new application framework
??/07 - (soon to come) Mapserver stack from source
??/07 - (soon to come) GRASS install and use
05/07 - (video) Setting up the Martin/Tim tutorials for stand alone python apps using QGIS
05/07 - (video Part 1 - Part 2 - txt) Installing 0.9 branch of QGIS with Python bindings
05/07 - (video Part 1 - Part 2 - txt) Installing base GIS tools
05/07 - (video) Installing Ubuntu 7.04 on new hardware



Thursday, September 6th 2007 at 12:23 pm
[…] Considering installing Ubuntu on your machine?! My experience is that it is very easy to do so and a great operating system for the kind of stuff I want to be doing. Moreover, every 6 months or so a new version comes out to which you can easily upgrade. There is a huge community out there using Ubuntu so help is never far away. The great thing is that you can ‘try it out’ with a Live-cd which sets up Ubuntu on your machine if you boot up with it. This allows you to see whether you like it, whether your hardware is supported, etc. By clicking on the install icon on the desktop you can then decide whether you want to install it as your main OS or alongside Windows for example. There are many online (video) tutorials out there which tell you how to install Ubuntu, including various OpenSource GIS tools. A great site is Aaron Racicot’s Reprojected blog. On the Video link you can find various videos demonstrating (+ written out) how to install Ubuntu, base GIS tools and QGIS including Python bindings which allow you to create stand alone applications. […]
Monday, January 14th 2008 at 11:20 am
[…] Had the need to install Mapserver/PostGIS/GDAL etc on a FC8 box. While 99% of what I do now is on Ubuntu (here are some notes and vids on installing there)… I occasionally need to play on a Fedora box. So, here are some recent install notes from a bare bones FC8 box to get it all going from source… […]