[winGRASS] Installation failure on latest Cygwin version

[Andreas Lange]

Hi Jean,

Jean Baptiste HENRY wrote:
> 
> Dear list,
> I am a new user of Cygwin and Grass. I have tryed to install it on my
> Win 2k PC, but I systematically get error. I have strictly followed
> instructions, given on the binary install page. Here is what I get in
> the command line :
> 
> ***
> $ ./grass5install.sh grass5.0.0pre2_i686-pc-cygwin_bin.tar.gz
> 
> GRASS GIS 5 binary package installation tool
> 
> Checking and creating installation directory...
> file: not found
> ERROR: You need the GRASS binary package in .tar.gz compression
> or bz2.
> ***
> 
> I do not understand the error message. Thank you in advance for any piece of advice.
> Sincerely yours.

I don't understand the error message too.
But could you open a cygwin terminal and check if the following programs
are found:
find
gunzip
tar

Perhaps your cygwin installation is broken. Which version do you use
(cygcheck)?

Is the binary package in the correct format? What does 
file grass5.0.0*
say?

You should avoid to download with MS IE, as IE breaks the binary format. 

HTH,

Andreas
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