[GRASS5] [bug #1562] (grass) cygwin winGRASS installation error

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Subject: cygwin winGRASS installation error

Platform: WindowsNT/2000/XP
grass obtained from: Trento Italy site
grass binary for platform: Downloaded precompiled Binaries
GRASS Version: grass5_0_0pre3

I am trying to install GRASS 5.0 on cygwin according to the instructions at: http://grass.itc.it/grass5/binary/windows_cygnus/cygwin_grass50bininstall.html However, I get this error message:

Owner at HEWLETT-75HK4KA /usr/tmp
$ ./grass5_i686-pc-cygwin_install.sh grass5_0_0pre3_i686-pc-cygwin_bin_tar.gz

GRASS GIS 5 binary package installation tool

ERROR: You need the GRASS binary package in .tar.gz compression
or .tar.bz2.

Followed advice in thread: http://grass.itc.it/pipermail/wingrass/2002-January/000596.html  i.e. files are in the right directory:

Owner at HEWLETT-75HK4KA /usr/tmp
$ ls -l grass5_i686-pc-cygwin_install.sh
-rwx------    1 Owner    None        12754 Feb  2 00:47 grass5_i686-pc-cygwin_install.sh

Owner at HEWLETT-75HK4KA /usr/tmp
$ ls -l grass5_0_0pre3_i686-pc-cygwin_bin_tar.gz
-rwx------    1 Owner    None     32053305 Feb  2 04:18 grass5_0_0pre3_i686-pc-cygwin_bin_tar.gz

Then: sh -x ./grass5_i686-pc-cygwin_install.sh grass5_0_0pre3_i686-pc-cygwin_bin_tar.gz

I did need to instal file.exe (using cygwin setup.exe); sh -x report (see below) now shows different problem. I do not know how to interpret this, what should I do next?

Thank you for any help you can offer.

Charlotte

detailed report:

Owner at HEWLETT-75HK4KA /usr/tmp
$ sh -x ./grass5_i686-pc-cygwin_install.sh grass5_0_0pre3_i686-pc-cygwin_bin_tar.gz
+ TEST_STR=executable
+ NAME_VER=5
+ ORIG_BASE_DIR=/usr/local/grass5
+ TAR_FILE_SIZE=32053305
+ BINDIR=/usr/local/bin
+ DESTDIR=/usr/local/grass5
+ UNINSTALL=grass5uninstall.sh
+ [ -z executable ]
+ [ ! grass5_0_0pre3_i686-pc-cygwin_bin_tar.gz ]
+ [  ]
+ [  ]
+ echo

+ echo GRASS GIS 5 binary package installation tool
GRASS GIS 5 binary package installation tool
+ echo

+ [ ! -f grass5_0_0pre3_i686-pc-cygwin_bin_tar.gz ]
+ pwd
+ CURR_DIR=/usr/tmp
+ basename grass5_0_0pre3_i686-pc-cygwin_bin_tar.gz
+ PACKAGE_NAME=grass5_0_0pre3_i686-pc-cygwin_bin_tar.gz
+ dirname grass5_0_0pre3_i686-pc-cygwin_bin_tar.gz
+ PACKAGE_DIR=.
+ cd .
+ pwd
+ PACKAGE_DIR=/usr/tmp
+ echo grass5_0_0pre3_i686-pc-cygwin_bin_tar.gz
+ grep \.tar\.gz
+ [ 1 -eq 0 ]
+ echo grass5_0_0pre3_i686-pc-cygwin_bin_tar.gz
+ grep \.tar\.bz2
+ [ 1 -eq 0 ]
+ echo ERROR: You need the GRASS binary package in .tar.gz compression
ERROR: You need the GRASS binary package in .tar.gz compression
+ echo or .tar.bz2.
or .tar.bz2.
+ echo

+ exit




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