Update Ubuntu version

[lucadelu]

Dear @davidfrantz,

do you have any plan to update Ubuntu version to last LTS?

[davidfrantz]

Hi @lucadelu,

yes, but I likely wait until the next LTS in spring.

Cheers,
David

[lucadelu]

I'm using FORCE dockerfile and I need to use also GDAL and the default version of Focal is quite old (and some commands seem to be buggy)....what do you think to add also ubuntugis PPA (it has a more fresh GDAL version) to this Dockerfile ?

[davidfrantz]

Hi @lucadelu,

GDAL is a very important library in FORCE and sticking to the less frequently updated Ubuntu repository has quite some advantages in providing a stable release. Thus, I likely will not include the ubuntugis PPA.

What is the exact reason for needing the latest GDAL in FORCE?

Cheers,
David

[lucadelu]

Hi @davidfrantz,

Ok I understand about ubuntugis, I need an updated version (not the latest) because in my procedure I use gdal_calc.py, and the version of 3.0.4 seems to be bugged (or with less feature the newer one, I tested with GDAL 3.4.*).

[davidfrantz]

in this case I recommend to use an image from osgeo/gdal for this task. I usually do this, too, when I need some newer feature, and only need the CLI tools.

[lucadelu]

Hi @davidfrantz,

I created a dockerfile to compile FORGE in Ubuntu 22.04, I attach it if it could be useful for you or someone else.
Everything seems to work properly..

Best
Luca

force_dockerfile.txt

[pjonsson]

For those that are in a hurry, I put up pull requests for upgrading the base image to Ubuntu 24.04 last week in #4. and the corresponding updates required to build Force (davidfrantz/force#336).

There are a lot of things in the image, so it's possible something is broken. If someone tries the pull requests and finds a problem caused by the update to Ubuntu 24.04, I'll try to fix it.