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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi everyone, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I downloaded the Windows binary for Grass 6.4.3RC3 (dated April 20, 2013, available on http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/binary/mswindows/native/) and installed it on my Windows PC (6-4 bit, running Windows 7).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I got the following error message on start-up.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Starting GRASS ...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Traceback (most recent call last):<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> File "C:\GRASS643RC3\Python27\lib\site.py", line 563, in <module><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> main()<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> File "C:\GRASS643RC3\Python27\lib\site.py", line 545, in main<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> known_paths = addusersitepackages(known_paths)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> File "C:\GRASS643RC3\Python27\lib\site.py", line 278, in addusersitepackages<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> user_site = getusersitepackages()<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> File "C:\GRASS643RC3\Python27\lib\site.py", line 253, in getusersitepackages<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> user_base = getuserbase() # this will also set USER_BASE<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> File "C:\GRASS643RC3\Python27\lib\site.py", line 243, in getuserbase<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> USER_BASE = get_config_var('userbase')<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> File "C:\GRASS643RC3\Python27\lib\sysconfig.py", line 472, in get_config_var<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> return get_config_vars().get(name)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> File "C:\GRASS643RC3\Python27\lib\sysconfig.py", line 405, in get_config_vars<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> import re<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> File "C:\GRASS643RC3\Python27\lib\re.py", line 105, in <module><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> import sre_compile<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> File "C:\GRASS643RC3\Python27\lib\sre_compile.py", line 14, in <module><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> import sre_parse<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> File "C:\GRASS643RC3\Python27\lib\sre_parse.py", line 17, in <module><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> from sre_constants import *<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> File "C:\GRASS643RC3\Python27\lib\sre_constants.py", line 18, in <module><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> from _sre import MAXREPEAT<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ImportError: cannot import name MAXREPEAT<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Error in GUI startup. If necessary, please<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>report this error to the GRASS developers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Switching to text mode now.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hit RETURN to continue...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I also tried with the most recent WinGRASS binary snapshot: 6.4.3svn-r56225, and got the same result. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I also tried download and installing the most recent binary snapshot of winGRASS 7: r56229, and that wouldn’t start at all. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have winGRASS 6.4.3 RC2 working fine on my PC. A previous binary snapshot of winGRASS 7 (about a month old) was also working fine, but I uninstalled it to install the most recent version.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I appreciate any ideas you have on what might be going wrong.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hanan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><br><br>
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