Live GIS Build

About

GISVM is an Xubuntu based Virtual Machine which has been installed with a suite of the best Open Source Geospatial software. It is also used to build Arramagong, the Linux based Live DVD.

How to add your project or data to GISVM

All that's required to add your favorite package into GISVM is to

• write a shell script which installs and configures your package into the current GISVM virtual machine (which will usually be the same as writing the script for Xubuntu or Ubuntu.
• add the script to subversion, in https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/bin/
• Notify the GISVM team to test your script, and update the main.sh

The script be as simple as:

#!/bin/sh
# Copyright (c) 2009 The Open Source Geospatial Foundation.
# Licensed under the GNU LGPL.
# 
# About:
# =====
# This script will install mapserver
#
# Running:
# =======
# sudo ./install_mapserver.sh

apt-get install cgi-mapserver