GRASS 6.4.2, missing "libint3.dll"

[w5pny]

When I ran setup fo Osgeo4w on my Windows XP system, it upgraded Grass from RC2 to 6.4.2 and QGIS 1.7.3 to QGIS 1.7.4.

When I click on the Grass Desktop Icon, it runs grass64.bat just like always before, but now it seems to have lost libintl3.dll.

That used to be in the Osgeo4w MSYS directory, but now it's gone so the grass64.bat file fails and the bat files it runs complain they can't find libintl3.dll.

BTW -- I've always had to edit grass64.bat to get the path to the current grass directory fixed in it -- including this upgrade, but that has always allowed it to work in the past. It still works here, except that libintl3.dll is gone.

[neteler]

I have found this page:

​http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libintl.htm

"Libintl is a library that provides native language support to programs. It is part of Gettext.

...

LibIntl-3 is in LibIntl-0.14-.. and in Gettext-0.14-.. "

Perhaps a working solution?

I have also found this suggestion:

​http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4757911/where-is-libintl3-and-libiconv2-for-gnu-make-on-windows-needed-to-compile-vim-w

"​http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/downlinks/make-dep-zip.php appeared to have the dependencies..."

[neteler]

Solution:

The needed files "libintl3.dll" and "libiconv2.dll" are in ​http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/downlinks/make-dep-zip.php

The file "regex2.dll" from ​http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/downlinks/regex-bin-zip.php

Add them to ..\apps\msys\bin and restart GRASS.

Repackaging of winGRASS is needed.

[lutra]

The issue does not affect qgis/osgeo4w

[martinl]

Replying to neteler:

The needed files "libintl3.dll" and "libiconv2.dll" are in ​http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/downlinks/make-dep-zip.php

The file "regex2.dll" from ​http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/downlinks/regex-bin-zip.php

these files are part of latest msys package.

Add them to ..\apps\msys\bin and restart GRASS.

Repackaging of winGRASS is needed.

winGRASS package (at least daily builds) are built using latest msys and msys-dev package. Should be OK(?)

[martinl]

Replying to martinl:

I have installed grass (6.4.2) via OSGeo4W framework (from scratch). Msys package has been installed correctly (including files you are referring), GRASS seems to work. Please try to reinstall msys package at least.

[w5pny]

Replying to martinl:

Replying to martinl:

I have installed grass (6.4.2) via OSGeo4W framework (from scratch). Msys package has been installed correctly (including files you are referring), GRASS seems to work. Please try to reinstall msys package at least.

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I reinstalled the latest msys and these libs are present in it. With those libs present, Grass does work. It's rather puzzling as to why they went missing when msys first upgraded to the current version number.

[lutra]

confirmed, reinstalling msys does the trick, but the problem remains for all the users that are not aware of it... can a re-installation of msys be forced?

[jef]

likely also long fixed.