Binary Package Listing

This page is for listing all the packages that are currently available for OSGeo projects. There is also discussion loosely relating to the creation of a OSGeo Binary Distribution and a review of various current approaches.

Download Locations

OSGeo Project Download links

Project	Version	Source	Linux	Mac OSX	Windows	Java	Included in...
Quantum GIS (Download)	0.8.0	TAR.GZ	RPM	DMG	EXE
OSSIM (Download)	1.6.8-2	SVN		DMG	EXE
Mapbender (Download)	2.4.2 RC1	ZIP	ZIP	ZIP	ZIP
MapBuilder (Download)	1.5 Alpha 1	ZIP	ZIP	ZIP	ZIP	WAR
MapGuide (Download)	1.1.0	TAR.GZ	RPMs		EXE
MapServer (Download)	4.10.2	TAR.GZ	RPMs FGS	DMG	MS4W		FGS MS4W FWTools
OpenLayers (Download)	2.4	TAR.GZ Live JS	TAR.GZ	TAR.GZ	TAR.GZ
GRASS GIS (Download)	6.2.3	TAR.GZ	Various	Various	Various	JGrass/uDig	Quantum GIS
FDO (Download)	3.2.1	Main TAR.GZ			Main ZIP
GDAL (Download)	1.4.1	TAR.GZ	DEB RPMs	DMG	ZIP		FGS MS4W FWTools
GeoTools (Downloads)	2.3.1	ZIP	ZIP	ZIP	ZIP	ZIP
GeoNetwork (Download)	2.0.3	SVN	JAR	JAR	JAR	JAR
gvSIG (Download)	1.1	ZIP	BIN	ZIP (Intel)	EXE	No link

Building A Binary Stack

The development of a primary OSGeo Binary Distribution was proposed earlier. There are several possible approaches to meeting this need. This section discusses a few different approaches.

Full Multiplatform Binary stack

This is a dream for a good binary stack. A platform to compile all source codes that can be used for all OS.

Starkits

A good example is Starkit. A Starkit is a wrapping mechanism named after "STandAlone Runtime Kit" for delivering an application in a self-contained, installation-free, and portable way.

• Using Starkits for application deployment - good intro article

pro

• self-contained, installation-free, and portable way
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cons

• all libraries in one installer. Static compilation.
• the most expensive (time, money, know how) to maintain.

MS4W

The no fuss installer for setting up MapServer on Microsoft Windows platforms. The purpose of this package is to allow all levels of MapServer users to quickly install a working environment for MapServer development on Windows. It is also an environment for packaging and distributing MapServer applications

pro

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cons

• only windows oriented
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FGS

The FGS Linux Installer is a self-extracting file that will install MapServer with PHP/MapScript and all of their dependencies on your Linux system. It provides a stand-alone environment with all the required software (incl. Apache and PHP) to run PHP/MapScript webmapping applications. The bundled version of Apache can be configured to run on any port so it will not interfere with previous installations of Apache or other web servers on your system.

pro

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cons

• only linux oriented
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Linux packages repositories

Package repositories are normaly maintained by specialist who prepare packages for personal use and for the community. GIS packages are normally not available in official distributions that's why there's the need for an external repository.

Currently the only external repository is Jachym Cepicky's one: http://les-ejk.cz/ubuntu/ for the Ubuntu distribution. The DebianGIS project has decided to focus on packages in the main distribution, which is probably a better approach on the long-term.

• Debian GIS Project page
• Ubuntu GIS page: please note that there is no UbuntuGIS project. This wiki page is just to collect all available information for users and developers. The page is currently out of date.

pro

• package maintainance is centralized
• fast install in specific Linux distributions
• posibility to create a cental OSGeo repository

cons

• too many linux distributions to maintain all packages for all of them
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LiveCD

Based on Linux, LiveCDs are a complete operating system contained is a single CD. There's no need to install it on the local machine, only a boot from CD drive is needed to experience the configured LiveCD.

Google search page for GIS LiveCD.

pro

• optimized configuration of all application inside a single environment.
• no risk of library collisions as when installing multiple sofwares on the same machine.
• less expensive to maintain: a good linux hacker with some experience of liveCD can maintain different versions without a big effort.
• useful for presentations, workshops, demos, and university classroom. No need to configure many computers.

cons

• based only on one OS (Linux).
• Need to download an entire ISO (700 MB ca.)
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