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New in OpenGeo Suite 2.5: Linux Package Updates

June 4th, 2012

OpenGeo Suite 2.5 brings some updates for our Linux users, including support for more Linux distributions and some new packages.

Support for additional distributions

We’re often asked about adding to our list of supported Linux distributions, and we’re happy to say that with the release of OpenGeo Suite 2.5, our list of supported Linux distributions has expanded. In addition to Ubuntu 10 and CentOS 5, our software now supports CentOS 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and 6.

If you’re running the latest release of CentOS or RHEL, simply download the OpenGeo.repo file (32 bit or 64 bit) from our CentOS 6 yum repository. Copy this file into /etc/yum.repos.d and install the suite with yum install opengeo-suite.

Note: This will install the Community Edition of the OpenGeo Suite, but you can register to get access to the Enterprise Edition packages.

If you use RHEL 5, the CentOS 5 repository now fully supports RHEL 5 as well, so follow the standard RPM install directions and you will be up and running.

New Packages

Along with updating packages to the latest versions for 2.5, the Linux repositories (both rpm and deb) now include a few additional packages:

  • A Client SDK package (opengeo-suite-client-sdk) with everything you need to create and deploy web applications directly from your system.
  • A gdal package to enable several additional raster formats to be used as stores in GeoServer. This package also includes the gdal and ogr command line utilities which are very useful for manipulating and converting data!
  • MrSID support for the gdal package that enables GeoServer to use MrSID files as raster stores. Stay tuned for a detailed post on the new raster format support in OpenGeo Suite 2.5.

The Client SDK and gdal packages are included with OpenGeo Suite 2.5, so if you installed or upgraded your instance, then you already have them on your system. To enable MrSID support, install the gdal-mrsid package on your system using either apt-get install gdal-mrsid or yum install gdal-mrsid, depending on your distribution.

We hope you enjoy! Please let us know how the new distributions and packages are working for you.

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4 Responses to “New in OpenGeo Suite 2.5: Linux Package Updates”

  1. Peter Hopfgartner Says:

    I was not able to find the src.rpm packages. Will they be published?

    Regards,

    Peter

    June 6th, 2012 at 3:31 am
  2. Michael Weisman Says:

    Hi Peter,

    We do not build srpms, but the scripts that build out the rpms can be found at https://github.com/opengeo/suite/tree/master/installer/linux/rpm.

    Regards,

    Michael

    June 6th, 2012 at 12:06 pm
  3. leo Says:

    Hello,

    I was having a great fun with opengeo v 2.4,
    I try to update for v 2.5…i’m on ubuntu 10.04 lucid 64 bits.
    i’m in trouble now…;(
    geoserver is not working because pkg libgdal_1.8.1-1_amd64.deb return an error code 1…

    is there any problem with this package for my version of ubuntu?
    Best Regards and thanks for your help,
    léo

    July 16th, 2012 at 8:39 pm
  4. Michael Weisman Says:

    Hi Léo,

    The packages have been tested against 64-bit Ubuntu 10.04. Do you have a newer version of GDAL installed?

    If you post the exact error to https://getsatisfaction.com/opengeo we can take a look at what’s going on.

    Thanks,

    Michael

    July 19th, 2012 at 3:48 pm

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