[GRASS-SVN] r36722 - grass/branches/releasebranch_6_4

svn_grass at osgeo.org svn_grass at osgeo.org
Mon Apr 13 15:32:42 EDT 2009


Author: neteler
Date: 2009-04-13 15:32:42 -0400 (Mon, 13 Apr 2009)
New Revision: 36722

Modified:
   grass/branches/releasebranch_6_4/INSTALL
Log:
cosmetics

Modified: grass/branches/releasebranch_6_4/INSTALL
===================================================================
--- grass/branches/releasebranch_6_4/INSTALL	2009-04-13 19:32:40 UTC (rev 36721)
+++ grass/branches/releasebranch_6_4/INSTALL	2009-04-13 19:32:42 UTC (rev 36722)
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 
 Please read *all* text below.
 
-Note: During the development stages, this version of GRASS was
-      previously called GRASS 5.1 and 5.7.
-
-
 Table of contents
 PREREQUISITES
 (A) SOURCE CODE DISTRIBUTION
@@ -15,7 +11,7 @@
 (D) INSTALLATION (first time)
 (E) INSTALLATION ON MACOSX
 (F) RUNNING GRASS
-(G) UPDATE OF SOURCE CODE (CVS or CVS snapshot only)
+(G) UPDATE OF SOURCE CODE (SVN or SVN snapshot only)
 (H) COMPILING INDIVIDUAL MODULES - OWN MODULES
 (I) CODE OPTIMIZATION
 (J) DEBUGGING OPTIONS
@@ -44,11 +40,11 @@
 
 GRASS source code is currently distributed in 2 forms:
 
-1) Officially released source code (e.g. grass-6.0.0.tar.gz or later)
+1) Officially released source code (e.g. grass-6.4.0.tar.gz or later)
 
   The Full source code version contains all the GRASS source code
   required for compilation. It is distributed as one file (*.tar.gz
-  package) and the version is composed of 3 numbers, e.g. 6.0.0, 6.0.1
+  package) and the version is composed of 3 numbers, e.g. 6.4.0, 6.4.1
   etc.
 
 2) SVN or SVN Snapshots of source code (SVN or SVN snapshot)
@@ -73,7 +69,7 @@
 explains the options used to disable the compilation of non-mandatory
 GRASS modules. See REQUIREMENTS.html for details.
   
-First step of the compilation:
+First step of the compilation (-g for debugging, or -O2 for optimization):
 
     CFLAGS="-g -Wall" ./configure
 
@@ -93,7 +89,7 @@
     make distclean     - 'make clean' + delete all files created by './configure'
     make libsclean     - clean libraries compiled by 'make libs'
 
-    make htmldocs      - generate programmer's documentation in HTML
+    make htmldocs      - generate programmer's documentation as HTML files
     make packagehtmldocs - package programmer's documentation in HTML
     make pdfdocs       - generate programmer's documentation as PDF files
 
@@ -155,12 +151,12 @@
     ./bin.$ARCH
 
 To run GRASS, simply start
-    ./bin.$ARCH/grass6
+    ./bin.$ARCH/grass64
 
 or run
 
     make install
-    grass6
+    grass64
 
 
 (E) INSTALLATION ON MACOSX
@@ -170,8 +166,9 @@
 
 (F) RUNNING GRASS
 
-Download a sample data package from the GRASS web site, for example the
-Spearfish60 data set. Extract the data set and point "database" in the
+Download a sample data package from the GRASS web site, see
+http://grass.osgeo.org/download/data.php
+Extract the data set and point "database" in the
 GRASS startup menu to the directory.
 
 Enjoy.
@@ -204,10 +201,14 @@
 
 Then change into the module's directory and launch the "make" 
 command. The installation can be either done with "make install" from
-the main source code directory or locally with 
+the main source code directory or locally with
+either
     "INST_NOW=y make"
+    
+or (may not always work)
+    make install
 
-You may want to define an alias for this:
+You may want to define an alias for the first method:
     alias gmake6='INST_NOW=y make'
 Then simply compile/install the current module with
     gmake6
@@ -292,9 +293,8 @@
 
 The Programmer's manual is generated with doxygen from the source code.
 Please see the README file and the files at:
-http://grass.osgeo.org/devel/index.php#prog
+http://download.osgeo.org/grass/grass6_progman/
 
-
 (N) CONTRIBUTING CODE AND PATCHES
 
 Please see ./SUBMITTING, ./SUBMITTING_DOCS, ./SUBMITTING_TCLTK
@@ -303,8 +303,8 @@
 
 (O) DRAFT TUTORIAL
 
-http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/twiki/bin/view/GRASS/GrassSixTutorial
+http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_6_Tutorial
 
 ------------------
-(C) 1999-2008 by The GRASS Development Team
+(C) 1999-2009 by The GRASS Development Team
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