[GRASS5] DataBase Drivers Missing !

Glynn Clements glynn.clements at virgin.net
Wed Oct 20 12:16:59 EDT 2004


DrakeGis wrote:

>   I'm running GRAS 5.3 on my DEBIAN. I installed from the binaries, and
> now when I'm trying to use Postgres in conjuntion with GRASS, I realize
> that there is not 'db' directory under the drivers directory (It exist
> in GRASS 5.7.0, but probably due to the automatic installation is not in
> GRASS 5). Is there any way to obtain only the code, and then to compile
> and to install, only such drivers, or I need to download GRASS source
> and compile all ?

The use of databases for vector maps is new in 5.7.

5.3 only supports the use of databases for a few specific purposes,
primarily for storing category tables. And it only supports
PostgreSQL.

If you want to use vector databases, you have to use 5.7, not 5.3.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>




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