[GRASSLIST:9941] Re: compiling grass for cygwin

[Wolfgang Zillig]

OK,

it seems that this is not really an easy task.

Is there a simple way to get the dxf support running without compiling 
everything?

Thanks

Wolfgang

Richard Greenwood schrieb:
> On 1/21/06, Wolfgang Zillig <wolfgang.zillig at web.de> wrote:
>   
>> Hello,
>>
>> is there somewhere a manual how to compile grass for cygwin? I'm new to
>> cygwin but I'm interested in a few possibilities which are not included
>> in the binary release due to license information:
>>
>> - access to the source respiratory?
>> - what compiler do I need?
>> - where to find and install the right libraries for gdal, dxf, mrsid, ...
>> - compiling
>>
>> I'm really sorry if this may sound stupid experienced users but my
>> knowledge in cygwin is very limited
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Wolfgang
>>
>>     
>
> There are some notes here:
>
>     http://geni.ath.cx/grass.html#toc8
>
> It can be very challenging. I would suggest that you install from the
> precompiled binaries and test your setup before trying to compile from
> source because then you will have a environ met from which to start.
> If you are familiar with Linux/Unix then the Cygwin build tools will
> be familiar.
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Richard Greenwood
> richard.greenwood at gmail.com
> www.greenwoodmap.com
>
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