General Questions • Conda, Flatpack or Spack?

Hi,

I installed QGIS on Debian but Bookworm doesn't have PDAL support, so won't open LiDAR (LAS, LAZ) point cloud files.

I'm not sure why PDAL isn't included with Bookworm, but maybe it's a licensing thing? I've also read that it's challenging to compile...

There are instructions for adding an (unstable?) 'ubuntugis' ppa ... but, other than building from source (see above, times 100), I'm looking at these three options:

• Conda
  • pers comm: The easier approach might be to setup a conda environment that includes pdal and qgis. When you activate that environment you should have the pdal CLI, the python bindings and qgis with pdal available.
• Flatpack
• Spack

I'm wondering if anyone has experience with QGIS/PDAL, or with Conda, Flatpack or Spack, on Bookworm. I'm not a fan of Snap so I've avoided Flatpacks too, but I doubt my prejudice is warranted. I'd like to avoid an installation that messes with my core system and user libraries.

Any input greatly appreciated!

[EDIT] I'm putting QGIS on a Jammy Jellfish (Ubuntu) VM, so I'll see how that goes and update here.

bitrat

Statistics: Posted by bitrat — 2024-07-30 21:55 — Replies 0 — Views 43

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