[GRASS-SVN] r39373 - grass-web/trunk/grass64/binary/mswindows/cygwin

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Author: neteler
Date: 2009-10-02 04:40:54 -0400 (Fri, 02 Oct 2009)
New Revision: 39373

Modified:
   grass-web/trunk/grass64/binary/mswindows/cygwin/README.html
Log:
Installation explained

Modified: grass-web/trunk/grass64/binary/mswindows/cygwin/README.html
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--- grass-web/trunk/grass64/binary/mswindows/cygwin/README.html	2009-10-02 08:40:11 UTC (rev 39372)
+++ grass-web/trunk/grass64/binary/mswindows/cygwin/README.html	2009-10-02 08:40:54 UTC (rev 39373)
@@ -17,50 +17,40 @@
 <h4>Prerequisites:</h4>
 <P>
 This UNIX oriented GRASS 6.4 for Windows version requires the Free 
-<a href="http://www.cygwin.com">Cygwin UNIX compatibility</a> software.
-Alternatively, there is a native WinGRASS available.
-<P>
-Due to the Cygwin dependency GRASS 6.4 can not be installed directly.
-Fortunately the Cygwin setup program is fairly easy to use, and both
-it and GRASS can be installed by following a few simple instructions.
-<BR>(Don't panic!)
-<P>
-For installation of Cygwin, see
-<a href="http://geni.ath.cx/grass.html#_Cygwin_setup_package">http://geni.ath.cx/grass.html#_Cygwin_setup_package</a>.
+<a href="http://www.cygwin.com">Cygwin UNIX compatibility</a> software
+(alternatively, there is also a native WinGRASS package available).
 
-The instructions given there can be used with slight modification.
-<ul>
- <li>Due to a
-   <a href="http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2008-08/msg00001.html">recent
-   change within the Cygwin installer program</a> you must now start Cygwin's
-   <tt>setup.exe</tt> from the command line as "<tt>setup.exe -X</tt>".
 
- <li>At step #3 use
-   <tt>http://grass.ibiblio.org/grass64/binary/mswindows/cygwin/</tt>
-   (or a <a href="http://grass.ibiblio.org/mirrors.php">local mirror</a>)
-   instead of <tt>http://geni.ath.cx/grass</tt>.
+<h4>Installation</h4>
 
- <li>In step #5 the version is 6.4.0.RC5 instead of 6.0.cvs-1, and there's
-   no grass.bat script.
+
+<ol>
+<li> Go to <a href="http://cygwin.com">http://cygwin.com</a> and click <a href="http://cygwin.com/setup.exe">setup.exe</a></li>
+<li> Run setup.exe:</li>
+<ol>
+<li> Select "Install from Internet"</li>
+<li> Select "Root install Directory": go ahead with default settings ("Next"). However, it is recommended to install 
+     Cygwin under a directory whose name doesn't contain spaces or tabs.</li>
+<li> Select "Local Package Directory": any directory is fine with sufficient disk space</li>
+<li> Select "Your Internet Connection": direct or proxy as appropriate</li>
+<li> Select a mirror site close-by. It will fetch the list of packages.</li>
+     <b>Add <i>http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/binary/mswindows/cygwin/</i> to the "User URL" list and click on 
+     the "Add" button</b> This will install GRASS packages.
+<li> Select packages: In addition to the core requirements several packages are quite useful and
+     some GRASS modules won't work without them (Click on  "Skip" to toggle the selection of a package):</li>
+<ul>
+<li><b>bc</b> - command line calculator ('Utils' section)</li>
+<li><b>file</b> - determines file types ('Utils' section)</li>
+<li><b>netpbm</b> - image format conversions ('Graphics' section)</li>
+<li><b>unzip</b> - decompress file archives ('Archive' section)</li>
+<li><b>util-linux</b> - provides "more", nice for g.list ('Utils' section)</li>
+<li><b>wget</b> - command line WWW download utility ('Web' section)</li>
 </ul>
+<li> After selection of these extra packages continue with "Next". It will take a 
+    while to download all Cygwin packages and install them...</li>
+</ol>
+</ol>
 
-<h5>Required packages:</h5>
-These should all be selected for install automatically when you select
-the GRASS package (Database section).
-Look inside the <tt>setup.ini</tt> file to see the specific package requirements.
-
-<h5>Optional packages:</h5>
-In addition to the core requirements these packages are quite useful and
-some GRASS modules won't work without them:
-<UL>
-<li><b>bc</b> - command line calculator
-<li><b>file</b> - determines file types
-<li><b>netpbm</b> - image format conversions
-<li><b>unzip</b> - decompress file archives
-<li><b>util-linux</b> - provides "more", nice for g.list
-<li><b>wget</b> - command line WWW download utility
-</UL>
-
 A good text editor, such as <b>nedit</b>, which can translate between
 DOS and UNIX end-of-line text formats is also handy to have around.
 
@@ -82,7 +72,7 @@
 
 Create a new directory in your Cygwin home directory called
 "<tt>grassdata/</tt>" for your data.<BR> For example, using the
-<a href="http://grass.ibiblio.org/download/data.php">Spearfish sample dataset</a>:
+<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/download/data.php">Spearfish sample dataset</a>:
 <BR>(<i>assumes you have already downloaded the dataset and put the file in
 your Cygwin home directory [aka "~" or c:\cygwin\home\$USER\]</i>)