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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

slaxGIS

Introduction

slaxGIS is a collection of GIS software packages meant to be added to the slax 6 live USB distribution.

slaxGIS includes the following software:
- GRASS 6.3.0 - 6.4svn ==> home page
- MapServer 5.2.0 ==> home page
- Chameleon 2.6.0 RC1 ==> home page
- uDig 1.1 RC14 ==> home page
- OpenJUMP PIROL 1.2.B ==> home page
- PostgreSQL 8.3.3 ==> home page
- PostGIS 1.3.3 ==> home page

Besides these software packages, all the packages they need are included too (such as libraries, Proj, Gdal/OGR...)
Full list of packages and download


Requirements
USB FlashDisk: 1 GB minimum
More at: http://www.slax.org/

Installation procedure
Download slax for USB
Download the package slaxGIS-080805base.tar

In the following order:
1. Unpack slax-6.0.x.tar to the root of your USB flash drive;
2. unpack slaxGIS-080805base.tar to the root of your USB flash drive;
3. if you want to add other packages (data, demos, desktop GIS) to the base slaxGIS, download and copy them in the /slax/modules directory of your USB flash drive.

dir As a result you should get a directory tree as the one depicted in the image.
Now you have to make your USB flash drive bootable, hence, from the /boot directory on it, execute:
- bootinst.sh if you're working in Linux
- bootinst.bat if you're working in Windows

It could be necessary to modify the BIOS on your machine in order to make it seek the operating system on the USB drive on boot (depending on the BIOS, you will have to choose USB-HDD, USB-ZIP, etc).

Reboot your machine with the USB flash drive connected.
Notes
-> Normally Slax saves all changes to the /slax/changes/ directory on the USB key and restores them next time. Use option "Always Fresh" to start fresh system, no changes are neither read nor written anywhere.
-> If the autoconfigured graphics settings ('Graphics mode' in the boot menu) lead only to a blank screen, try with the 'Graphics VESA mode' menu entry.

References

Made by
Marco Negretti
Eugenio Realini
Politecnico di Milano, Polo Regionale di Como
Laboratorio di Geomatica

Source: http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/software/slaxGIS/index.php

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