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authorBenjamin Trigona-Harany <slackbuilds@jaxartes.net>2013-06-08 09:15:26 -0300
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Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a user friendly Geographic Information System
-that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows. QGIS lets you browse
-and create map data on your computer. It supports many common spatial
-data formats (e.g. ESRI ShapeFile, geotiff).
+that lets you view and manipulate spatial data on your computer. It
+supports many common spatial data formats (e.g. PostGIS, ShapeFile and
+geotiff).
-Optional dependencies include grass, postgresql, postgis, and gpsbabel.
-
-If you want to build the optional QGIS Server, you also need fcgi;
-see README.server for more details.
+Optional dependencies:
+ - postgresql and postgis: for PostGIS support
+ - gpsbabel: for the GPS plugin
+ - grass: for the Grass plugin
+ - gsl: for georeferencing support
+ - fcgi: for the QGIS server (see README.server)