<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Mark,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Not sure which binary you installed. Great instructions can be found here:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/unixport/">http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/unixport/</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Not not forget to install Williams "frameworks" before you run either GRASS installers (62. or 6.3). My advice is trash your old binary, install the frameworks then reinstall. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Good luck,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Kirk</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Oct 5, 2007, at 6:20 PM, Ruddy M wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P><FONT size="2">Hello all,<BR> <BR> I'm new to GRASS and am having problems getting going. Very grateful if anyone could advise.<BR> <BR> Just downloaded GRASS 6.2.1 for MacBook running Mac OS X 10.4.2. Install ok. Got the startup splash screen ok. Looks slightly different to how described at <A href="http://wwwamb.bologna.enea.it/forgrass/tips.htm">http://wwwamb.bologna.enea.it/forgrass/tips.htm</A>, but followed instructions here on creating a new Location. I don't have a Georeference file so clicked the 'EPSG codes' button. In the pop up box Name of new location, and Path to new location and Path to EPSG-codes file are ok. I then Browse 'EPSG code number of projection', choose my EPSG code and enter it in the available field. Click 'Define new location' and get the following error popup.<BR> <BR> Error: child process exited abnormall...<BR> Details :<BR> child process exited abnormally<BR> child process exited abnormally<BR> while executing<BR> "exec -- $env(GISBASE)/etc/grass-xterm-wrapper -e $env(GISBASE)/etc/make_location_epsg.sh $epsg_code $epsgLocation $locpath >@stdout 2>@stderr"<BR> invoked from within<BR> ".optPopup.submit invoke"<BR> ("uplevel" body line 1)<BR> invoked from within<BR> "uplevel #0 [list $w invoke]"<BR> (procedure "tk::ButtonUp" line 23)<BR> invoked from within<BR> "tk::ButtonUp .optPopup.submit"<BR> (command bound to event)<BR> <BR> Am I missing something? Am I going about startup correctly? Any help greatly appreciated.<BR> <BR> Best Wishes<BR> <BR> Mark Ruddy</FONT> </P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">grassuser mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:grassuser@grass.itc.it">grassuser@grass.itc.it</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grassuser">http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grassuser</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>