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1 Introduction
2 Quantum GIS
3 Grass
4 Other applications
5 Links

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Introduction

MEPIS 7 users can easily set up a Geographic Information System (GIS) using open-source components.

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Quantum GIS

Introduction

Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a user-friendly open-source geodata viewer that supports vector, raster, and database formats.

Installation
An older version (0.7) is available in the MEPIS 7 repos. Install:

qgis

If you want to use QGIS as a front end for Grass, then also install

qgis-plugin-grass

which will install Grass (see below) and the needed dependencies.

To update to a more recent version (currently 0.9), download this package. The package includes four deb files, one of which we will ignore here.

A dependency requirement needs to be fulfilled first. Using a terminal, type as root:

apt-get install libqt4-qt3support

If that runs into dependency problems, follow the onscreen directions and enter:

apt-get -f install

which will complete the installation.

Now we can install the new version of QGIS. Double-click and install with Kpkg this file:

libgis1_0.9.0_i386.deb

then this:

qgis_0.9.0_i386.deb

Finally, if you are going to be using Grass, then you want to also install the updated Grass plugin. First you need to download and install a dependency. Go to this page, then right-click, save and install this deb file:

libgdal1-1.3.2-grass_1.3.2-1_i386.deb

Once that has installed, then you can install from the qgis 0.9 package you downloaded:

qgis-plugin-grass_0.9.0_i386.deb

and you should be good to go!

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Grass

Introduction
Grass is a Geographic Information System (GIS) used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/maps production, spatial modeling, and visualization. It can be used standalone, or as a powerful backend to QGIS.
Installation
Grass 6.0.2-6 is in the MEPIS repos. Install:

grass
grass-doc

The current version available from the home page is 6.2.3, but while it would be desirable to upgrade because of the development in the GUI, a number of unmet dependencies would have to be satisfied to install it in MEPIS 7 as long as the distro is based on Debian Etch.
Links

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