[GRASS5] Re: GDAL binaries for OSX

[William K]

FWIW, I have a GRASS page for building on Mac OS X (sorry for not 
mentioning this earlier):

<http://webpages.charter.net/kyngchaos/macosx/grassinstall.html>

I do not use Fink at all, or any other package manager.  It's currently 
for GRASS 5.3 CVS on Jaguar.  There are a few hacks here and there to 
get things working, tho some may be unnecessary.  I'm working on 
updating it for Panther.  It's mostly finished, I just need check a 
couple things and upload the changes.

I've built 5.7 with no problems and little fuss as well (again, no 
Fink), tho I haven't tried to use it yet.  If there's interest I can 
add that to my web page.

I'm also working on frameworks for many required libraries to make 
things easier for the average Mac user to install.


I'd like to get more active in helping out.  I probably couldn't handle 
downloadable binaries on my home web site, but I might be able to work 
something out at my job (I AM the IT guy there ^_^).  Let me check on 
that possibility...


On Dec 9, 2003, at 8:05 AM, Scott Mitchell wrote:

>
> I'd like to help out on this, and have started writing a page on notes 
> specific to setting up GRASS on OS X.  I'll make it available for 
> previewing soon, would like to get comments.  I am experienced at 
> kludging things together on OS X, as well as Solaris and Linux, and 
> have been collecting information from the mailing list for a while.  I 
> am not an expert programmer, though, so will keep running into walls 
> and needing help to get around them.
>
> GDAL and GRASS are not impossible without fink, but fink certainly 
> makes it easier.  I think in general, the type of person that can get 
> all of the other required bits compiled and in place without fink can 
> also handle GRASS compilation better than most, so we don't have to 
> worry so much about them.  The Linux-world comparison would be to say 
> that you can download and install "manually" all the pieces that are 
> needed for GRASS to work by yourself, but many of them are easier to 
> get / already provided by default in a packaged linux system like 
> RedHat/Debian/Mandrake etc... (in .debs, .rpms, ...).  The extra 
> complication is that many of these pieces are already installed by 
> default on a typical Linux installation, whereas they need to be added 
> to an OS X system before it can get GRASS going.  Apple has included 
> more of the typical tools with the OS and its development system as 
> the OS has matured, so this is getting simpler.
>
> Having said that, fink is not even the ONLY package manager for OS X - 
> I know of at least one other packaging project.  But fink is the one I 
> am familiar with, so it's the one I can give somewhat experienced 
> advice with.
>
> Regarding making things available for download, one reason I haven't 
> stepped in faster is that my network connection here is still 
> sub-standard.  I may be able to arrange some hosting with a colleague 
> at another university, but for now am concentrating on putting 
> information together that presumably can be added to the web site.
>

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William Kyngesburye <williamk at mappingspecialists.com>
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