GRASS GIS

Maintainer: Juergen Fischer

Versions

See here for latest included version: ​https://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/v2/x86_64/release/

8.4.x (stable)

• Package: grass

7.8.x (legacy)

• Package: grass7

8.5.x (daily builds, development version)

• Package: grass-dev

User Notes

• A desktop raster/vector GIS system (command line and graphical user interface)
• Main site: ​https://grass.osgeo.org/
• First time users should explore the ​first steps tutorial after installing.

Usage

The application can be run through:

• a desktop shortcut (icon)
• a menu shortcut
• on the OSGeo4W shell through the grass84.bat

To start GRASS with graphical user interface, click on the desktop icon.

How to get command line:

• Start the OSGeo4W shell. Then type:

     grass84 -text
  

How to start GRASS with the wxPython GUI:

• Start the osgeo4w shell. Then type:

     grass84 -gui
  

Later Installation Update

• It is sufficient to re-run the installer which fetches the list of packages to then suggest available updates for the individual packages.

Lab Installation as offline set of packages

While the OSGeo4W installer is nice for individual installs, it may be problematic for institutional lab installs, where IT managers want to have stand alone applications that they can test, install, and remove easily. To install OSGeo4W-GRASS package as stand alone, see

• How do I perform an offline or computer lab install?

• see also the non-OSGeo4W ​stand alone installer

Open Tickets

#465

Add gdal-grass plugin to OSGeo4W

#749

Launch Grass GUI problem

#799

Add git to OSGeo4W

Closed Tickets

#37

grass: wxpython gui issues

#44

Gdal/Proj problems with Grass installation

#57

duplicate gdal-grass and grass-gdal-plugins packages

#58

grass-pkg: make icon "GRASS GIS"

#61

Dependencies not automatically selected

#66

Grass Raster Fails to Load in QGIS

#68

g.proj.exe crashes on Windows Vista

#69

Error creating a new GRASS location inside QGIS

#71

Need set GRASS_WISH

#72

Add Cairo support for grass-7.0

#73

grass64 file has non-general file path

#77

add a menu entry for new GRASS gui

#81

qgis-grass plugin: "Cannot start module ... --interface-description"

#82

grass would not start

#83

grass pkg: terminal not available until you exit the gui

#85

grass needs wxWidgets to compile some GUI tools

#86

grass-pkg: typo in iexplorer path

#90

grass-pkg: wrong version in apps/grass/bin/ scripts

#95

python programs that uses grass.py do not work with --interface-description, --help, or --ui

#96

"import grass.script as grass" in Python GRASS AddOns doesn't work

#107

User Account Control problem with v.patch (grass) (was: grass (v.patch) need libintl-8.dll)

#118

Old version of msys in package causes problems on Windows Vista (x64)

#160

osgeo4w needs newer tcl version due to bug in file encodings

#168

svn for osgeo4w

#181

gpsbabel: missing libexpat XML parsing support (GPX)

#183

Upgrade GRASS to 6.4.0 release

#185

The express desktop install does not install gdal1.7

#194

please include a daily build for GRASS

#198

Missed grass-devel-vc package

#204

build GRASS with GEOS Support

#221

please updgrade GRASS to 6.4.1

#223

Upgrade QGIS/Grass and Grass plugin problem

#228

GRASS6.4.1 is not well work.

#248

add python-pil

#249

GRASS osgeo4w shortcut launchers do not work

#327

Can't start nviz from qgis grass toolbox

#344

Virus alert installing grass-6.4.3RC2\...\g.echo.exe

#369

PROJ_LIB wrongly set in env.bat

#426

g.proj: projection can't be determined (64bit)

#464

Windows 64-bit installer does not include GRASS 7

#519

please update qgis and qgis-grass-plugin7 for GRASS 7.0.5

#592

GRASS 7.6 implies a OSGEO4W_ROOT

#661

libgrass_gis.7.8 Not Found

#690

GRASS GIS 8 in OSGeo4W NG

#727

grass-7.8.6-8: GRASS 7 plugin not available in QGIS 3.16.16, QGIS 3.22.3, QGIS 3.23.0-Master (OSGeo4W Network Installer v2)

#755

GRASS processing algorithms not working: "ERROR: Unable to load GDAL library"

#790

qgis-grass-plugin 3.30.2-1 contains both qgis.g.browser7.exe and qgis.g.browser8.exe