wiki:pkg-grass

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GRASS GIS

Version: 6.4.0RC2 (as of Jan 2009)

User Notes

Installation:

  • OSGeo4W has two modes - express and advanced.
    • "Express" gives you a short list of suggested packages to select from which have been widely tested.
    • "Advanced" gives a long detailed list of packages and subpackages including development versions and so forth.
  • For the moment GRASS is available in the "advanced" install. After a period of testing it may be moved to the "express" section.

The application can be run through:

  • a desktop shortcut
  • a menu shortcut
  • its executable osgeo4w\apps\grass-6.4.X\bin\grass64.bat
  • on the osgeo4w shell through the grass64.bat

Packager Notes

  • Compile guide used: http://www.webalice.it/marco.pasetti/grass/BuildFromSource.html (requires updates, better move here)
  • Steps:
    • compile GRASS in a way that it fits in the OSGeo4W directory hierarchy
    • package in a tar.bz2 file
    • write/update "setup.hint" which describes the package and defines the dependencies on other OSGeo4W packages
    • if needed, write/update "etc/postinstall/$paketname.bat" which is executed after extraction of the package during installation to define menu stuff and link on user desktop.
  • Depends on the MSYS package for command line operations, because GRASS 6 uses unix shell scripts (GRASS 7 uses Python)
  • WinGRASS is built with MSYS/MinGW. The libraries used to link to the VC++ built GDAL & friends is in the mingw-libs package.
  • There is also a grass-vc package, that contains the VC++ built GRASS libraries. These are used in the Quantum GIS GRASS plugin.
  • Release tree: http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/release/grass/ (the installer selects the package with highest version number)
  • Maintainer is JuergenFischer (seeking new package maintainer)
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