[GRASS5] [bug #3397] (grass) installation problem for Windows XP

[Hamish]

> Subject: installation problem for Windows XP
> 
> Platform: WindowsNT/2000/XP
> grass obtained from: Mirror of Trento site
> grass binary for platform: Downloaded precompiled Binaries
> GRASS Version: 6.0.0
> 
> Name:  Toby Ahrens
> 
> Problem:  After I went through the downloading procedure for MS
> Windows/Cygwin (following exact directions on
> http://geni.ath.cx/grass.html), I can't open Grass.  On the download
> directions page (http://geni.ath.cx/grass.html), I get through every
> step without problems or warning messages until step 7.  At step 7, I
> clicked on the hot link under grass60.bat on the webpage, and I
> downloaded and saved it in c:\cygwin.  Then when I try to run it, a
> window quickly pops up for a split second and then closes again, and
> then nothing happens (my computer is still working fine, but the GRASS
> 6.0.0 never opens).  Do you have any suggestions of what I am doing
> wrong?


try running the batch file from a cmd window prompt instead of double
clicking it. That way when it exits with an error you get to see what
the error message says as the window won't dissapear.



Hamish