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== On Ubuntu Linux == | == On Ubuntu Linux == | ||
Roughly steps I took to install 9.3.1 on Ubuntu | |||
# Build CentOS 5 virtual machine and install 9.3 there; including SDK's. | # Build CentOS 5 virtual machine and install 9.3 there; including SDK's. | ||
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# Create a script that mimics 'arch' (see below) | # Create a script that mimics 'arch' (see below) | ||
# cd arcgis | # cd arcgis | ||
# run | # Run authorizeSoftware script; discover that the software will not run on a 64 bit installation. | ||
# Move everything to a machine with a 32 bit architecture. Scowl, grimace. | |||
# Run auth script again. Works this time. | |||
Create the /etc/ld.so.conf.d/arcgis file | Create the /etc/ld.so.conf.d/arcgis file | ||
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exit 0 | exit 0 | ||
chmod +x ~/bin/arch | chmod +x ~/bin/arch | ||
=== Not going any further down this path === | |||
I almost got things working, but then I read the licensing agreement. | |||
It's so restrictive! What's the point of putting it on a Linux box if I can't use it the way I want to? | |||
Trekking now back to the open source world. | |||
Revision as of 05:24, 2 August 2009
What is it?
The ESRI product "ArcGIS Engine" is a set of libraries that can be used by GIS application developers to create either add-ons for other ESRI products or free-standing applications.
I think of it as ArcObjects with some additional licensing options.
To deploy an ArcGIS Engine - based application to a machine that does not have ArcGIS Desktop installed on it you include the ArcGIS Engine Runtime in the deployment. There is a $500/seat license for the Runtime; if they already have ArcGIS Desktop on the target machine, you avoid this separate fee.
There are also extensions for the runtime corresponding to the ArcGIS Desktop extensions. These include Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst, Network Analyst, and Geostatistical Analyst. I am not sure of the cost of the licensing for the extensions.
Alternatives
To avoid a per-seat license fee you could use ArcReader.
On Ubuntu Linux
Roughly steps I took to install 9.3.1 on Ubuntu
- Build CentOS 5 virtual machine and install 9.3 there; including SDK's.
- Install update to 9.3.1
- Copy the files to Ubuntu
- Create an ESRI.properties.`hostname` file from the one created on the VM
- Install csh libg2c0
- Create a script that mimics 'arch' (see below)
- cd arcgis
- Run authorizeSoftware script; discover that the software will not run on a 64 bit installation.
- Move everything to a machine with a 32 bit architecture. Scowl, grimace.
- Run auth script again. Works this time.
Create the /etc/ld.so.conf.d/arcgis file
Environment settings
export MWHOME=~/arcgis/vmw/mw . ~/arcgis/python25/setenv_python.sh
arch script
cat > ~/bin/arch echo i686 exit 0 chmod +x ~/bin/arch
Not going any further down this path
I almost got things working, but then I read the licensing agreement. It's so restrictive! What's the point of putting it on a Linux box if I can't use it the way I want to?
Trekking now back to the open source world.
