This appendix describes how to acquire and install Linux binaries for GRASS4.13 (the 3rd update to the last full release of GRASS, version 4.1).
How to get these files:
ftp moon.cecer.army.mil
login: anonymous
password: your email address
cd pub/grass/grass4.1/release/binaries/linux
image
mget grassa*
bye
Installation instructions:
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* GRASS 4.1 Update 3 for Linux
*
* This package contains GRASS programs only, *NO* GIS
* data is included. You can find example GRASS data at
* moon.cecer.army.mil
*
* Compiled by: Andy Burnett - burnett@zorro.cecer.army.mil
* compiled on: April 7, 1994
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System Requiremnts:
35 MB disk space to hold the binary distribution
System library requirements:
libc4.5.21 or greater
libX.so.3.1.0 or greater
If you are running libraries that are older than these, this binary
distribution will *NOT* run on your linux system.
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Files in this release:
README_4.1.3 what you are currently reading
ginstall simple grass installation script
grassaa --------|
grassab |
grassac |
grassad |
grassae |-- the linux GRASS binaries
grassaf |
grassag |
grassah |
grassai |
grassaj |
grassak --------|
INSTALLATION:
To install this binary distribution of grass for linux, you
can simply run the ginstall script or you can unpack the files by
hand. I recommend using the ginstall script ... it's very simple and
should be bullet proof. To run the ginstall script, you will need
gawk (gnu awk) installed on your system and it needs to be in your
PATH.
If, however, you want to do things by hand, here's what you need to
do:
o make the destination directory (/usr/grass, /usr/local/grass,
whatever) This will become your GISBASE for grass.
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from here on, replace $GISBASE with the name of the directory you just
created
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o cat grassa? | gzip -d | (cd $GISBASE; tar xvf -)
This will unpack all the grass binaries into the $GISBASE directory
o copy $GISBASE/etc/moncap.sample to $GISBASE/etc/monitorcap and edit
it.
o change all occurrences of GBASE in that file to $GISBASE
o copy $GISBASE/etc/grass4.1 into a public directory (I suggest
/usr/bin)
o edit the copy you just made:
change all occurrences of GBASE to $GISBASE
This appendix describes how to acquire and install Linux binaries for GRASS4.15 (the 5th and last update to the last full release of GRASS, version 4.1). How to get these files:
ftp moon.cecer.army.mil login: anonymous password: your email address cd pub/grass/grass4.1/release/binaries/linux image mget linuxa* bye Installation instructions: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Files in this release: README_4.1.5 what you are currently reading install.sh simple grass installation script linuxaa --------| linuxab | linuxac | linuxad | linuxae |-- the linux GRASS binaries, version 4.1.5 linuxaf | linuxag | linuxah | linuxai --------| * * * * * * * * * * *** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The GRASS4.15 for Linux was compiled in my Linux box with the following configuration: Slackware 3.0 kernel 1.2.13 gcc 2.7.0 libc 5.0.9 flex 3.5.2 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IMPORTANT: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ THE LINUX GRASS 4.15 BINARIES ONLY WORK ON ELF-LINUX. THE BINARIES MAY NOT WORK WITH EARLY VERSION OF KERNEL AND/OR GCC AND FLEX. The binaries was tared and gziped, then split into 9 (close to 1.3 MB - 1200 x 1K block) files named from linuxg.aa to linuxg.ai. You should ftp all the linuxg.a* in binary mode and also get this readme file and an installation script - install.sh. Please put all of these files in the same directory - source directory. At the source directory under the UNIX prompt, type sh ./install.sh full_path_to_the_destination_directory and it should automatically unzip and untar the linuxg.a* files to the destination directory and also edit several site-specific files. The total space your need is about 26 MB. At the destination directory, your can find the grass4.1 script. It should have been modified to reflect your installation directory. Now, either move/copy the grass4.1 file to one of your PATH or use the link command as below: cd /usr/local/bin ln -s destination_directory/etc/grass4.1 grass4.1 Now, you are ready to start GRASS by typing grass4.1 and you should know how to run GRASS afterward. There is a readme directory in the destination_directory/etc directory. This directory has several readme files that come with some incoming commands. You can find all the compiled commands of this binaries in the commands.readme file. I can't guarantee that all of them work but I have tested lots of them. If you find some commands that don't work, please post a message on the grass user group and we can solve it all together. Yung-Tsung Kang, Michigan State University
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