WinGRASS installer can not find NC sampledata

[mloskot]

During installation of WinGRASS 6.3.0 on Windows XP, I'm choosed to install North Carolina sample data. The installer fails to find it with error 404. See screenshot attached for the exact error message.

Note that I've not tried to install the other sample data package for spearfish. Perhaps it also needs some fixes.

[mloskot]

Screenshot with installer message about HTTP 404 error for NC dataset

[marcopx]

Replying to mloskot:

During installation of WinGRASS 6.3.0 on Windows XP, I'm choosed to install North Carolina sample data. The installer fails to find it with error 404. See screenshot attached for the exact error message.

Note that I've not tried to install the other sample data package for spearfish. Perhaps it also needs some fixes.

Do you have any active firewall?

Please, in that case disable it (or allow the GRASS installer to access the internet) and perform a new GRASS inatallation (you don't need to uninstall it, just run the installer again)

Marco

[mloskot]

Marco, I'm now connected to an open wireless network on university. I don't use any antyvirus or thirdparty firewall software. I have disabled the default firewall of Windows XP but it didn't help. I'm still getting the same error. I hope it helps.

[neteler]

(Un)related to this: if you don't select any dataset to be installed it starts with broken .gisrc6 file apparently (not sure how this file works under Windows, at least the startup is blocked with a related message).

Markus

[marcopx]

Replying to neteler:

(Un)related to this: if you don't select any dataset to be installed it starts with broken .gisrc6 file apparently (not sure how this file works under Windows, at least the startup is blocked with a related message).

Markus

No, on Windows it doesn't happen, because the installer creates a .gisrc6 file that "points" to the demolocation (installed in $DOCUMENTS/GIS DataBase, as the others sample datasets, if selected)

Marco

[marcopx]

Replying to mloskot:

Marco, I'm now connected to an open wireless network on university. I don't use any antyvirus or thirdparty firewall software. I have disabled the default firewall of Windows XP but it didn't help. I'm still getting the same error. I hope it helps.

OK. I found the bug.

The installer downloads the NC sample data tarball from the following http address: ​http://grass.osgeo.org/sampledata/nc_spm_07_2007_dec20.tar.gz, that is actually unavailable.

Markus, could you fix it, please (or give me the new address)? Thanks,

Marco

[marcopx]

Replying to marcopx:

Replying to neteler:

(Un)related to this: if you don't select any dataset to be installed it starts with broken .gisrc6 file apparently (not sure how this file works under Windows, at least the startup is blocked with a related message).

Markus

No, on Windows it doesn't happen, because the installer creates a .gisrc6 file that "points" to the demolocation (installed in $DOCUMENTS/GIS DataBase, as the others sample datasets, if selected)

Marco

Sorry, misunderstanding: I read .grassrc6 instead of .gisrc6; AFAIK, .gisrc6 is not used in WinGRASS,

Marco

[mloskot]

Marco/Markus,

Also, please add spearfish name to the South Dakota dataset listed in the installation wizard.

[neteler]

Replying to marcopx:

OK. I found the bug.

The installer downloads the NC sample data tarball from the following http address: ​http://grass.osgeo.org/sampledata/nc_spm_07_2007_dec20.tar.gz, that is actually unavailable.

Markus, could you fix it, please (or give me the new address)? Thanks,

Fixed:

-rw-rw-r--  1 neteler grass 141956914 May 18 12:34 nc_spm_08_2008_may18.tar.gz
lrwxrwxrwx  1 neteler users        27 Jun 18 03:13 nc_spm_07_2007_dec20.tar.gz -> nc_spm_08_2008_may18.tar.gz
lrwxrwxrwx  1 neteler users        27 Jun 18 03:14 nc_spm_latest.tar.gz -> nc_spm_08_2008_may18.tar.gz

Please use from now on "nc_spm_latest.tar.gz" as reference.

Markus

[marcopx]

Replying to mloskot:

Marco/Markus,

Also, please add spearfish name to the South Dakota dataset listed in the installation wizard.

Yes,

already done in the current under-development installer: South Dakota will be replaced with Spearfish County.

Marco

[marcopx]

Replying to neteler:

Replying to marcopx:

OK. I found the bug.

The installer downloads the NC sample data tarball from the following http address: ​http://grass.osgeo.org/sampledata/nc_spm_07_2007_dec20.tar.gz, that is actually unavailable.

Markus, could you fix it, please (or give me the new address)? Thanks,

Fixed:

-rw-rw-r--  1 neteler grass 141956914 May 18 12:34 nc_spm_08_2008_may18.tar.gz
lrwxrwxrwx  1 neteler users        27 Jun 18 03:13 nc_spm_07_2007_dec20.tar.gz -> nc_spm_08_2008_may18.tar.gz
lrwxrwxrwx  1 neteler users        27 Jun 18 03:14 nc_spm_latest.tar.gz -> nc_spm_08_2008_may18.tar.gz

Please use from now on "nc_spm_latest.tar.gz" as reference.

Markus

Thanks

[neteler]

Fixed, thanks.