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   <title>GRASS GIS 5.0 on Macintosh Information</title>
 </head>
   <body>
- 
-<center> 
-<h1> 
+     
+<center>   
+<h1>   
 <hr width="100%" noshade="noshade" size="3">GRASS 5 on Mac OS X</h1>
- <b>N.B.  This document is preliminary, incomplete, and goes out of date
-with  alarming frequency.  Please contact Scott Mitchell ("smitch at mac.com")
-with  suggestions or questions about the document.</b><br>
- (DRAFT version - Mar 5, 2004)<br>
- <br>
- </center>
- 
+   <b>N.B.  This document is preliminary, incomplete, and goes out of date
+ with alarming frequency.  Please contact Scott Mitchell ("smitch at mac.com")
+ with suggestions or questions about the document.</b><br>
+   (DRAFT version - Apr 28, 2004)<br>
+   <br>
+   </center>
+     
 <p> </p>
- 
-<hr width="100%" noshade="noshade" size="3"> 
+     
+<hr width="100%" noshade="noshade" size="3">   
 <h1>GRASS GIS on Mac OS X<br>
- </h1>
- GRASS on Mac OS X shares all the functionality enjoyed on other UNIX- or
-Linux-based platforms.&nbsp; There are quirks to the operating system that
-occasionally pose challenges when new features are added or changed in the
-GRASS source code, but these are usually sorted out promptly.&nbsp; In addition,
-due to the fact that Mac OS X has evolved quite differently from other UNIX
-systems, there is a variety of ways to get GRASS installed on a Mac.&nbsp;
-This page is an attempt to help you navigate through the options.&nbsp; Some
-assumptions are made about your familiarity with GRASS, in that we are not
-re-explaining things here that are found in other pages on the GRASS web
-site.<br>
- <br>
- <br>
- 
+   </h1>
+   GRASS on Mac OS X shares all the functionality enjoyed on other UNIX-
+or Linux-based platforms.&nbsp; There are quirks to the operating system
+that occasionally pose challenges when new features are added or changed
+in the GRASS source code, but these are usually sorted out promptly.&nbsp;
+In addition, due to the fact that Mac OS X has evolved quite differently
+from other UNIX systems, there is a variety of ways to get GRASS installed
+on a Mac.&nbsp;  This page is an attempt to help you navigate through the
+options.&nbsp; Some assumptions are made about your familiarity with GRASS,
+in that we are not re-explaining things here that are found in other pages
+on the GRASS web site.<br>
+   <br>
+   <br>
+     
 <h1>Main Issues: &nbsp;UNIX/X11-based or Aqua-based ?<br>
- </h1>
- No matter which method you choose to get GRASS working on your system, the
-following issues may come up. &nbsp;MacOS X has a split heritage - the user
-interface that came from the marriage of Apple and NeXT, and the UNIX tradition
-that came in through FreeBSD. &nbsp;This means that there are multiple alternatives
-for developing user interfaces to applications. &nbsp;GRASS comes from a
-UNIX and X11 heritage. &nbsp;The tools that are used in the standard (i.e.
-shared with other platforms) GRASS user interface are now all readily available
-on the Mac, but there are also alternatives. &nbsp;<br>
-<br>
-Therefore, building GRASS requires a decision on whether or not GRASS will
+   </h1>
+   No matter which method you choose to get GRASS working on your system, 
+the following issues may come up. &nbsp;MacOS X has a split heritage - the 
+user interface that came from the marriage of Apple and NeXT, and the UNIX 
+tradition that came in through FreeBSD. &nbsp;This means that there are multiple
+alternatives for developing user interfaces to applications. &nbsp;GRASS comes
+from a UNIX and X11 heritage. &nbsp;The tools that are used in the standard
+(i.e. shared with other platforms) GRASS user interface are now all readily
+available on the Mac, but there are also alternatives. &nbsp;<br>
+  <br>
+  Therefore, building GRASS requires a decision on whether or not GRASS will
 use features that are exclusive to Apple's graphic interface ("Aqua").&nbsp;
 This allows more seamless integration in to the Apple environment, but requires
 work "outside" of the main GRASS development to make it work.&nbsp; If you
 use the <a href="http://www.r-project.org">R statistics package</a>, this
 may sound familiar - there have long been projects alongside the main development
-stream to enhance R by using capabilities of the Mac environment.&nbsp; For 
-GRASS, such work has been concentrated in the efforts of Joshua Lecock's
-<a href="http://openosx.com/grass/">Open OS X port of GRASS</a>, which uses
+stream to enhance R by using capabilities of the Mac environment.&nbsp;
+For  GRASS, such work has been concentrated in the efforts of Joshua Lecock's
+ <a href="http://openosx.com/grass/">Open OS X port of GRASS</a>, which uses
 an Aqua version of the Tcl/Tk interface so that the menuing system has a
 consistent look and feel to other Macintosh products.&nbsp; It also provides
 a software installation CD, subscription and support options, and various
-bundles with other traditonally-UNIX software packages.  A <a href="grasstep.sourceforge.net">Sourceforge project for porting GRASS to Quartz and GNUstep</a> has also been started, and is looking for programmers, if you have the skills and interest.<br>
- <br>
- The alternative approach is to stick with the X11 interface that is shared
-amongst other UNIX systems, in which case GRASS will look and behave pretty
-much the same as on other platforms.&nbsp; In the past, this required the
-user to have X11 from another source installed and running properly, but
+bundles with other traditonally-UNIX software packages.  A <a
+ href="grasstep.sourceforge.net">Sourceforge project for porting GRASS to 
+Quartz and GNUstep</a> has also been started, and is looking for programmers, 
+if you have the skills and interest.<br>
+   <br>
+   The alternative approach is to stick with the X11 interface that is shared
+ amongst other UNIX systems, in which case GRASS will look and behave pretty
+ much the same as on other platforms.&nbsp; In the past, this required the
+ user to have X11 from another source installed and running properly, but
 now (as of OS 10.3 "Panther") Apple includes X11 with the operating system,
 combining XFree86 with a window manager that is integrated with the Aqua
 graphics system.&nbsp; So if you have this version of the operating system,
@@ -79,49 +82,49 @@
 way to run GRASS), it will use standard X11-based Tcl/Tk, and requires that
 you have that installed separately.&nbsp; If you are still using OS 10.2
 ("Jaguar"), you can install X11 separately a number of ways (see below).<br>
- <br>
-In recent discussions on the GRASS development mailing list, it has been
-noted that things would be simpler if tcltkgrass, the GRASS menuing system,
-were modified so that it could be used without modification in the Aqua port
-of Tcl/Tk instead of requiring the UNIX version. &nbsp;So this may be changed
-in the near future, but in the meantime the issues above still apply. &nbsp;It
-has also been noted that the NVIZ visualization tool will continue to require
-the UNIX version of Tcl/Tk.<br>
-<br>
-These issues have contributed to the variety of versions you can install,
-whether you choose a binary installation or to compile from source. &nbsp;The
-prerequisites for each option vary slightly.<br>
- 
+   <br>
+  In recent discussions on the GRASS development mailing list, it has been
+ noted that things would be simpler if tcltkgrass, the GRASS menuing system,
+ were modified so that it could be used without modification in the Aqua
+port  of Tcl/Tk instead of requiring the UNIX version. &nbsp;So this may
+be changed  in the near future, but in the meantime the issues above still
+apply. &nbsp;It  has also been noted that the NVIZ visualization tool will
+continue to require  the UNIX version of Tcl/Tk.<br>
+  <br>
+  These issues have contributed to the variety of versions you can install,
+ whether you choose a binary installation or to compile from source. &nbsp;The
+ prerequisites for each option vary slightly.<br>
+     
 <h1>Prerequisites</h1>
- All platforms require a number of external packages to make GRASS work, either
-at all, or to its full potential.&nbsp; Some of these are provided in a base
-Mac OS X system (the number of which has gone up over time), whereas others
-are easily available as downloaded binaries or source code.&nbsp; The requirements
-for compiling the software yourself are more complicated and are discussed
-first.&nbsp; If you are going to install pre-compiled binaries you can skip
-to the "Binaries" section of this document.<br>
- <br>
- <span DEFANGED_STYLE="text-decoration: underline;"><span
+   All platforms require a number of external packages to make GRASS work, 
+either at all, or to its full potential.&nbsp; Some of these are provided 
+in a base Mac OS X system (the number of which has gone up over time), whereas 
+others are easily available as downloaded binaries or source code.&nbsp; The
+requirements for compiling the software yourself are more complicated and
+are discussed first.&nbsp; If you are going to install pre-compiled binaries 
+you can skip to the "Binaries" section of this document.<br>
+   <br>
+   <span DEFANGED_STYLE="text-decoration: underline;"><span
  DEFANGED_STYLE="font-weight: bold;">Requirements to compile GRASS:</span></span><br>
- <br>
- If you are going to do any compiling of software, you will need the development
-tools, available free from Apple.&nbsp; This package was called Development
-Tools for OS X versions 10.0-10.2, and "Xcode tools" when 10.3 ("Panther")
-was released.&nbsp; It is on a separate install CD in the Panther package
-and either on CD or available for download for earlier versions.<br>
- <br>
- The general prerequisites for all platforms are listed in the <a
+   <br>
+   If you are going to do any compiling of software, you will need the development
+ tools, available free from Apple.&nbsp; This package was called Development
+ Tools for OS X versions 10.0-10.2, and "Xcode tools" when 10.3 ("Panther")
+ was released.&nbsp; It is on a separate install CD in the Panther package
+ and either on CD or available for download for earlier versions.<br>
+   <br>
+   The general prerequisites for all platforms are listed in the <a
  href="http://grass.ibiblio.org/grass5/source/REQUIREMENTS.html">GRASS requirements
-page</a>.&nbsp; Of these, all of the aboslutely required elements (e.g. the
-compiler/build system, and the zlib libraries) are provided by Apple.&nbsp; 
-As discussed above, the X11 window system is provided by Apple as an optional
-install starting in OS X 10.3.&nbsp; For Mac OS X 10.2 (or earlier), you
+ page</a>.&nbsp; Of these, all of the aboslutely required elements (e.g.
+the  compiler/build system, and the zlib libraries) are provided by Apple.&nbsp; 
+ As discussed above, the X11 window system is provided by Apple as an optional
+ install starting in OS X 10.3.&nbsp; For Mac OS X 10.2 (or earlier), you
 can install XFree86 using the <a href="http://fink.sourceforge.net">fink</a>
 or <a href="http://darwinports.opendarwin.org">DarwinPorts</a> package manager
-systems, or compile it yourself from source.<br>
- <br>
- The package manager systems are an easy way to find, compile where necessary,
-and install ports of unix software on to a Mac OS X system.&nbsp; If you
+ systems, or compile it yourself from source.<br>
+   <br>
+   The package manager systems are an easy way to find, compile where necessary,
+ and install ports of unix software on to a Mac OS X system.&nbsp; If you
 have used Cygwin on a Windows machine, or RedHat, Debian, etc. on a Linux
 machine, you are probably already aware of their package managers.&nbsp;
 On the Mac, you can choose from at least <a
@@ -133,76 +136,79 @@
 satisfaction with DarwinPorts.&nbsp; You should read the web pages for those
 two projects to learn about the differences between them, and how to install
 and use them.<br>
- <br>
- <span DEFANGED_STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Optional requirements
-</span><span DEFANGED_STYLE="text-decoration: underline;">(as listed in the </span><span
+   <br>
+   <span DEFANGED_STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Optional
+requirements  </span><span DEFANGED_STYLE="text-decoration: underline;">(as listed
+in the </span><span
  DEFANGED_STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"> <a
  href="../grass5/source/REQUIREMENTS.html">GRASS requirements page</a>)</span><span
  DEFANGED_STYLE="font-weight: bold;"><span DEFANGED_STYLE="text-decoration: underline;">:</span><br>
- <br>
- </span>As of OS X version 10.3, Apple provides suitable versions of FreeType
-2 and OpenGL (if you have the Apple X11 installed).<br>
- <br>
- The rest of the optional requirements can be downloaded as source and compiled
-"manually", or installed with either of the package management systems (is
-this true of all the packages in DarwinPorts?).&nbsp; In fink, the packages
-you would need are:&nbsp; libtiff libtiff-shlibs libpng3 libpng3-shlibs libjpeg
-libjpeg-shlibs tcltk tcltk-dev tcltk-shlibs gd2 gd2-shlibs <span
+   <br>
+   </span>As of OS X version 10.3, Apple provides suitable versions of FreeType
+ 2 and OpenGL (if you have the Apple X11 installed).<br>
+   <br>
+   The rest of the optional requirements can be downloaded as source and
+compiled  "manually", or installed with either of the package management
+systems (is this true of all the packages in DarwinPorts?).&nbsp; In fink,
+the packages you would need are:&nbsp; libtiff libtiff-shlibs libpng3 libpng3-shlibs
+libjpeg libjpeg-shlibs tcltk tcltk-dev tcltk-shlibs gd2 gd2-shlibs <span
  DEFANGED_STYLE="font-style: italic;">gdal gdal-dev gdal-shlibs</span> (but see special
-note re: GDAL below) netpbm netpbm-shlibs postgresql postgresql73-dev unixodbc2 
-unixodbc2-dev, and&nbsp; r-base (for the R language link to GRASS - note
-that this installs the X11/UNIX version of R, not the Aqua version).&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<br>
+ note re: GDAL below) netpbm netpbm-shlibs postgresql postgresql73-dev unixodbc2 
+ unixodbc2-dev, and&nbsp; r-base (for the R language link to GRASS - note
+ that this installs the X11/UNIX version of R, not the Aqua version).&nbsp;&nbsp;
  <br>
- <span DEFANGED_STYLE="font-weight: bold;">GDAL</span> deserves special mention, because
-the version that is generally available either as "released" source code,
-or as a fink package as of this writing is quite far behind the current development
-version, and it is the current versions of GDAL that are used in GRASS development.&nbsp;
-This tool and its use in GRASS is updated quite frequently, therefore if
-you don't have the most recent version of GDAL when you are trying to compile
-GRASS, there's a good chance that r.in.gdal compilation will fail, or that
-the tool will not work as expected.&nbsp; Therefore it is recommended that 
-you install a relatively recent binary version of GDAL (e.g. <a
- href="http://wwwamb.bologna.enea.it/forgrass">http://wwwamb.bologna.enea.it/forgrass</a> 
-)or compile from a recent version of the <a
+   <br>
+   <span DEFANGED_STYLE="font-weight: bold;">GDAL</span> deserves special mention, 
+because the version that is generally available either as "released" source 
+code, or as a fink package as of this writing is quite far behind the current 
+development version, and it is the current versions of GDAL that are used 
+in GRASS development.&nbsp; This tool and its use in GRASS is updated quite 
+frequently, therefore if you don't have the most recent version of GDAL when 
+you are trying to compile GRASS, there's a good chance that r.in.gdal compilation 
+will fail, or that the tool will not work as expected.&nbsp; Therefore it 
+is recommended that  you install a relatively recent binary version of GDAL 
+(e.g. <a href="http://wwwamb.bologna.enea.it/forgrass">http://wwwamb.bologna.enea.it/forgrass</a> 
+ )or compile from a recent version of the <a
  href="http://www.remotesensing.org/gdal/">sources available via anonymous
-CVS</a>.&nbsp; The r.in.gdal command is extremely useful for importing a
+ CVS</a>.&nbsp; The r.in.gdal command is extremely useful for importing a
 wide variety of spatial data formats, so it is worthwhile spending the extra
 effort to get this working if you will have any data import tasks.<br>
- <br>
-Tcl/Tk is required for the tcltkgrass menu/GUI system, and for the NVIZ visualization
-tool. &nbsp;At this time, GRASS distributed from the GRASS project sites
-does not work with the Tcl/Tk that is available for Apple's Aqua window environment,
-so you will need the UNIX version of Tcl/Tk to build GRASS from source. &nbsp;Hopefully,
-changes will soon be made that would allow tcltkgrass to use <a
- href="http://www.maths.mq.edu.au/%7Esteffen/tcltk/TclTkAqua/">Aqua Tcl/Tk</a>,
-but apparently making NVIZ work would be much more complicated (see mailing
-list traffic on this topic). &nbsp;You can install the tcltk package from
-fink, or it can be easily built from source (get source from <a
- href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10894">the Tcl/Tk
-sourceforge project</a>. &nbsp;<br>
-<br>
-The <a href="http://www.remotesensing.org/proj/">PROJ library</a> also builds
-cleanly from source on the Mac platform.<br>
-<br>
-<br>
- <span DEFANGED_STYLE="text-decoration: underline;"><span
+   <br>
+  Tcl/Tk is required for the tcltkgrass menu/GUI system, and for the NVIZ 
+visualization tool. &nbsp;At this time, GRASS distributed from the GRASS project
+sites does not work with the Tcl/Tk that is available for Apple's Aqua window
+environment, so you will need the UNIX version of Tcl/Tk to build GRASS from
+source. &nbsp;Hopefully, changes will soon be made that would allow tcltkgrass
+to use <a href="http://www.maths.mq.edu.au/%7Esteffen/tcltk/TclTkAqua/">Aqua
+Tcl/Tk</a>,  but apparently making NVIZ work would be much more complicated
+(see mailing  list traffic on this topic). &nbsp;You can install the tcltk
+package from  fink, or it can be easily built from source (get source from
+<a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10894">the
+Tcl/Tk  sourceforge project</a>. &nbsp;<br>
+  <br>
+  The <a href="http://www.remotesensing.org/proj/">PROJ library</a> also
+builds  cleanly from source on the Mac platform.<br>
+  <br>
+ Some additional notes on configuring GRASS to compile on a Mac are now available 
+<a href="macosx_grass50compile.html">here</a> - additional contributions welcome.<br>
+  <br>
+   <span DEFANGED_STYLE="text-decoration: underline;"><span
  DEFANGED_STYLE="font-weight: bold;">Binary releases of GRASS for Mac OS X</span></span><br>
- <br>
-1) <u>&nbsp;Binary releases from the GRASS site</u> - There are binary packages
-available from the <a href="../download.html">GRASS downloads area</a> of
-this site. &nbsp;When these binary packages are constructed, reasonable efforts
-are made to package everything you need into a single download and install 
-process.&nbsp; For example, the GDAL library discussed above is included.&nbsp;
-Some of the other GRASS modules that interface with other software packages
-will require separate installations for normal functionality.&nbsp; Such
-external packages include PostgreSQL (for the PostgreSQL database interface),
+   <br>
+  1) <u>&nbsp;Binary releases from the GRASS site</u> - There are binary
+packages  available from the <a href="../download.html">GRASS downloads area</a>
+of  this site. &nbsp;When these binary packages are constructed, reasonable
+efforts  are made to package everything you need into a single download and
+install  process.&nbsp; For example, the GDAL library discussed above is
+included.&nbsp;  Some of the other GRASS modules that interface with other
+software packages  will require separate installations for normal functionality.&nbsp;
+Such external packages include PostgreSQL (for the PostgreSQL database interface),
 Unix ODBC (for the ODBC database interface), and Tcl/Tk 8.x (for the graphical
-menu system and the NVIZ visualization tool).&nbsp; In addition, the Tcl/Tk
-is sometimes version-sensitive, therefore your installation version may need
-to match that used by the person that made the binaries. &nbsp;There are
-2 files to download, a large compressed archive with the required files (a
-.tar.gz file), and a script file that will manage the installation process.
+ menu system and the NVIZ visualization tool).&nbsp; In addition, the Tcl/Tk
+ is sometimes version-sensitive, therefore your installation version may
+need  to match that used by the person that made the binaries. &nbsp;There
+are 2 files to download, a large compressed archive with the required files
+(a .tar.gz file), and a script file that will manage the installation process.
 &nbsp;You need to download both files intact (i.e. don't let your browser
 call on Stuffit Expander or any other decompression tool to process the .tar.gz
 file), and then go to a Terminal window to run the install script. &nbsp;See
@@ -218,83 +224,88 @@
 came to Macs from UNIX platforms, this is probably the most familiar route
 for you. &nbsp;This option is also most likely to be the quickest to incorporate
 the latest developments in the main GRASS code.<br>
- <br>
- Note that the package managers discussed in the above section on installing
-from source code can also be useful for installing these extra software packages.&nbsp;
-In some cases they will allow you to stick with "all-binary" installations,
-not requiring anything to be compiled - fink, for example, can do this using
-the apt-get command or using the "<a href="http://finkcommander.sf.net">Fink
-Commander</a>" graphical package management tool.&nbsp; Even if what you
-are after is not available in a binary format, the package managers provide
-an "intermediate" solution, in that as long as you have the development environment
-installed, they can take care of the downloading and compiling of the sources
-and the installation of the resulting binaries automatically. &nbsp;If you
-use Fink Commander, this is all managed within the Mac GUI, without having
-to navigate a UNIX shell prompt.<br>
- <br>
-2) <u>GRASS from Fink</u> -  it should be noted that <a
+   <br>
+   Note that the package managers discussed in the above section on installing
+ from source code can also be useful for installing these extra software
+packages.&nbsp;  In some cases they will allow you to stick with "all-binary"
+installations,  not requiring anything to be compiled - fink, for example,
+can do this using  the apt-get command or using the "<a
+ href="http://finkcommander.sf.net">Fink  Commander</a>" graphical package
+management tool.&nbsp; Even if what you are after is not available in a binary
+format, the package managers provide an "intermediate" solution, in that
+as long as you have the development environment  installed, they can take
+care of the downloading and compiling of the sources  and the installation
+of the resulting binaries automatically. &nbsp;If you  use Fink Commander,
+this is all managed within the Mac GUI, without having  to navigate a UNIX
+shell prompt.<br>
+   <br>
+  2) <u>GRASS from Fink</u> -  it should be noted that <a
  href="http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/package.php/grass">GRASS itself is
-available as a package, in the Fink system</a>, although as of this writing
-it is also still at version 5.0.2. &nbsp;It would be wonderful to get that
-updated, and to also have packages that install the development version 5.3
-and the experimental 5.7. &nbsp;But all of this requires scarce volunteer
-time.<br>
-<br>
-3) &nbsp;<u>Open OS X</u> - The <a href="http://openosx.com/grass/">Open
-OS X port of GRASS</a> is a binary release with extra functionality, but
+ available as a package, in the Fink system</a>, although as of this writing
+ it is also still at version 5.0.2. &nbsp;It would be wonderful to get that
+ updated, and to also have packages that install the development version
+5.3  and the experimental 5.7. &nbsp;But all of this requires scarce volunteer
+ time.<br>
+  <br>
+  3) &nbsp;<u>Open OS X</u> - The <a href="http://openosx.com/grass/">Open
+ OS X port of GRASS</a> is a binary release with extra functionality, but
 its maintenance and documentation is a parallel, separate activity (which
 has contributed back some very useful fixes to the main GRASS project).&nbsp;
-As of this writing, it is still using version 5.0.2 of GRASS.<br>
-<br>
-4) &nbsp;<u>Lorenzo Moretti's "one stop" solution</u> - A relatively new
-solution has recently been made available from Lorenzo Moretti, at <a
+ As of this writing, it is still using version 5.0.2 of GRASS.<br>
+  <br>
+  4) &nbsp;<u>Lorenzo Moretti's "one stop" solution</u> - A relatively new
+ solution has recently been made available from Lorenzo Moretti, at <a
  href="http://wwwamb.bologna.enea.it/forgrass/">http://wwwamb.bologna.enea.it/forgrass/</a>
-which provides all of the software you need to run GRASS 5.3 and GRASS 5.7
-on any Mac with OS 10.2.8 or higher and Apple's X11 installed. &nbsp;I have
-not had a chance to try this yet, but it looks very promising. &nbsp;I gather
-he has adopted many conventions that will be more familiar to longtime Apple
-users (e.g. the programs are installed under /Applications instead of the
-usual /usr/local/grass5X), and it comes in the form of "one-click" Apple
+ which provides all of the software you need to run GRASS 5.3 and GRASS 5.7
+ on any Mac with OS 10.2.8 or higher and Apple's X11 installed. &nbsp;I have
+ not had a chance to try this yet, but it looks very promising. &nbsp;I gather
+ he has adopted many conventions that will be more familiar to longtime Apple
+ users (e.g. the programs are installed under /Applications instead of the
+ usual /usr/local/grass5X), and it comes in the form of "one-click" Apple
 "packages" (.pkg files) so installation is simple. &nbsp;This is probably
 a good option for those wanting to try GRASS that are wary about / inexperienced
 with UNIX or other command-prompt driven operating systems.<br>
-<br>
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+  <br>
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- </b> 
-<p><b><br>
- Download source code (to compile GRASS from scratch on Windows):</b> </p>
- 
+ highly encouraged</a>.<br>
+  <br>
+   <b>This is still an initial draft document - the rest of this page is
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+  <br>
+  &nbsp;is still</b><b><a href="GRASS.MacOSX.binnote.html"> Other info to 
+incorporate</a></b> and <a href="macosx_buildnotes.html">even more</a>.<br>
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- 
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