[GRASSLIST:5775] Re: Error opening terminal: xterm

[Buchan Milne]

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Michael O'Donovan wrote:
> Question from a newbie.
>
> I get a  error when I attempt to open a text shell (using $ grass5 =
> text) or attempt to do something like set a mask. The error reads....
>
> sh: line 1: clear: command not found
> Error opening terminal: xterm.
>
> Any ideas as to what is going wrong?? I cant find anything on the
> listserve.
>
> I am running grass5.0.0. installed from a mandrake RPM under Mandrake 9.

The grass rpm in Mandrake 9.0 contrib was missing a require on xterm
(fixed in the current contrib rpm which will be in 9.1 contrib). Do you
have xterm installed?

Regards,
Buchan

(maintainer of grass in Mandrake contrib)

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