[GRASS-dev] grass64 install for Mac

[Michael Barton]

I'm in favor of anything that can make installation and use easier for the user, so that they can focus on solving problems with the software, not solving problems IN the software ;-)


Michael

On Jan 25, 2010, at 2:21 AM, grass-dev-request at lists.osgeo.org wrote:

> Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:55:12 -0500
> From: Helena Mitasova <hmitaso at unity.ncsu.edu>
> Subject: [GRASS-dev] grass64 install for Mac
> To: GRASS developers grass-developers <grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org>
> Cc: William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos at kyngchaos.com>
> Message-ID: <CC57996B-21E7-439C-9F0F-73912CB14448 at unity.ncsu.edu>
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> Just a follow up on the Mac installation issues:
> 
> as I mentioned several users reported problems switching from tcltk GUI to wxGUI:
> after running g.gui in all possible ways they kept getting an error message.
> It turns out that the problem was missing FFTW3 library (on Leopard only?)
> - after installing the correct version of FFTW3 everything runs fine.
> 
> Another most common problem was people forgetting to install Active Tcl
> and then complaining that nviz keeps crashing. Or they thought that Active
> Tcl is needed only for Tcltk GUI and when they are running wxpython GUI it is not needed.
> 
> Everything is written on the web site so there isn't really a problem as long as
> the users read carefully the instructions (what nobody does these days).
> As more OS versions and GRASS releases have been added to the web page
> people simply overlook important issues.
> 
> So William and others on Mac, I am wondering whether it would help for future
> to have the instructions for Snow Leopard written in a simpler way something like this
> 
> For Snow Leopard install:
>  - Unix Compatibility Frameworks: SQLite3, FreeType, UnixImageIO, PROJ, GEOS, and GDAL
>  - ActiveTcl 8.5 (not 8.6) from ActiveState
>  - GRASS.app 64
> - sample data set from here: link
> 
> (I am not sure I have it right, but I assume that Python, wxPython and FFTW3
> does not have to be installed separately)
> 
> For older Mac OS X versions I would keep it as is.
> 
> I am not sure that this is the best solution, others may have better ideas,
> 
> thank you,
> 
> Helena
> 
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