[Pkg-grass-general] Re: [GRASS5] r.out.gdal

[Steve Halasz]

On Sat, 2005-06-04 at 19:13 +1200, Hamish wrote:
> > > Seems to fix the quoting problem, but now I get this error:
> > > 
> > > (spearfish57 test dataset on Debian)
> > > 
> > > G:user1 > r.out.gdal in=elevation.10m out=elev format=GTiff
> > > type=Float32 Writing format: GTiff
> > > Writing type:   Float32
> > > ERROR 4:
> > > `/home/hamish/grassdata/spearfish57/PERMANENT/cellhd/elevation.10m'
> > > not recognised as a supported file format.
> > > 
> > > GDALOpen failed - 4
> > > `/home/hamish/grassdata/spearfish57/PERMANENT/cellhd/elevation.10m'
> > > not recognised as a supported file format.
> > 
> > This is fixed in libgdal1-grass 1.2.5-0.dgis.unstable.3. I had
> > uploaded this a while ago, but didn't realize it had been rejected. I
> > switched to using an orig.tar.gz file and forgot to force its
> > inclusion in the .changes file.
> 
> 
> I can confirm that GRASS's r.out.gdal and QGIS GRASS plugin both now
> work out of the box using the Debian+DebianGIS packages.
>  (i.e. libgdal1-grass 1.2.5-0.dgis.unstable.4)
> 
> (re)added a check to r.out.gdal that looks to see if the plugin is
> found.
> 
> 
> It would be nice if Debian's QGIS packages could assume GISBASE is
> /usr/lib/grass so you don't have to be in GRASS to start it. Maybe
> search /usr/lib/grass and wherever GRASS's default 'make install' puts
> it (/usr/local/grass??) before sending the "Please set GISBASE and
> restart to use GRASS plugin" message?
> 

I committed some changes to this effect in CVS a while back. It also
gives you the option to choose the correct directory if grass is not
found where expected. It will be in qgis 0.7, which should be released
Real Soon Now.

Steve

> this works for now:
> 
> GISBASE=/usr/lib/grass qgis
> 
> 
> 
> thanks for the quick response,
> Hamish
> 
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