[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1428: WinGRASS 6.4.1 fails to start after installation
GRASS GIS
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Fri Jun 1 18:30:29 PDT 2012
#1428: WinGRASS 6.4.1 fails to start after installation
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Reporter: dhastings | Owner: grass-dev@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: blocker | Milestone: 6.4.2
Component: Installation | Version: 6.4.1
Keywords: wingrass | Platform: MSWindows 7
Cpu: x86-64 |
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Changes (by hamish):
* priority: critical => blocker
Comment:
Changed to blocker as the current binaries are in clear violation and must
be fixed ASAP. We can't go on ignoring this forever.
IMHO having the installer automatically download and install the offending
libraries is at least a clear violation of the spirit of the license, and
so unacceptable. The user must instigate the support library install
themselves, and know that they are doing it.
My proposal is to add a step to the end stages of the GRASS installer
which tests for the needed MSVCRT dlls, and if not found show a page in
NSIS with a clear warning that GRASS won't work unless it is installed,
click [here] to open a web browser to the download page of the installer*,
or [continue] without and do it later. Make it easy and clear, but keep
them presented clearly separate.
[*] we should wrap the suggested
http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/release/msvcrt/
.bz2 files in a nice standalone setup.exe of its own, asking non-technical
users to manually extract bzip2 and install by hand is too much to ask.
Once working smoothly, we should be able to port this over to QGIS's
installer too.
cheers,
Hamish
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/1428#comment:23>
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