1) Using Ubuntu 10.10, the following can all be installed through the repository:
- QGIS 1.7
- QGIS GRASS plugin
- QGIS Python plugin
- psycogp2 PostGreSQL plugin
If a python.h error occurs when trying to install pycogp2 then install python-dev. This will install the required header files so that the Python install works properly.
2) I tried to create 9999 random points inside the UK outline using the fwtools provided with QGIS 1.7. This crashed my linux machine. So I tried 1000 points instead. this was very slow, but it did work.
I linked through to GRASS and although it was a faff, it was a lot quicker to run the final point creation. There is no function to generate random points constrained within a polygon so I converted the UK shapefile to a raster and then used r.random to generate the points. Setting the mapset wasn’t as difficult as you would think.
I then tried the same thing in SAGA GIS. I tried to use the Fit N Points to Shape but couldn’t get any output from it. There were no error messages either, so it thinks it has worked. I need to look at this.
AJG-Develop 
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