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Fri May 23 02:13:39 PDT 2014

Please add the outcome (solution) to this Wiki page:

http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MacOSX_GRASS_errors

thanks
Markus

On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 10:22 AM, John Payne <jcpayne at uw.edu> wrote:
> I set the path in .bash_profile set as you suggested ("export
> GRASS_PYTHON=/usr/bin/pythonw2.7"), and that did the trick--Grass 7 is now
> running on my Mac with OS X 10.8.5.  Thank you all VERY much for your help.
>
> For the future, I would love to know whether it is possible to install the
> following combination in Mavericks, using the KyngChaos builds:
>
> --PostgreSQL with PostGIS (postGIS is critical to me)
> --GRASS 7
> --QGIS
>
> Thanks again,
>
> John
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 2:32 AM, William Kyngesburye <woklist at kyngchaos.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Sounds like the Macports python is loading the system python global
>> site-packages (/Library/Python).  Bad form really, because you can't expect
>> modules to work between different builds of python, even if they're the same
>> version.  Maybe there is some option in Macports python to exclude the
>> system site-packages.
>>
>> To get GRASS to always use the system python, just set GRASS_PYTHON (you
>> can set this in your .bash_profile):
>>
>> export GRASS_PYTHON=/usr/bin/pythonw2.7
>>
>> The version is important because of the way GRASS forces 32bit.
>>
>> On May 22, 2014, at 10:28 AM, Adam Dershowitz <adershowitz at exponent.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > In my case, the problem was that I had uninstalled NumPy (from kyngchaos
>> > GDAL).  It was causing a conflict with Macports scipy stuff.  The
>> > macports
>> > version is installed as "universal" but apparently is actually just 64
>> > bit!
>> > So the workaround I have at the moment is to install NumPy when I need
>> > to
>> > use GRASS 7, and then uninstall so I can use macports python (which I
>> > need
>> > for other libraries and such).
>> > This seems like a inconvenient fix for now.  Is there any way to set
>> > some
>> > paths so that they can both co-exist and GRASS will find the correct
>> > one?
>> >
>> > -- Adam
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 5/22/14, 10:12 AM, "Adam Dershowitz" <adershowitz at exponent.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Just to add a bit more data.  I have a 10.9 machine and also use
>> >> macports,
>> >> so have macports python 2.7 installed.
>> >> The Kyngchaos 6.4 seems to run just fine.  But, I recently tried Grass
>> >> 7.0.beta2 (Barton) and I have also run into python errors.
>> >> If I just try to run it I get this error:
>> >>
>> >> ImportError:
>> >>
>> >> dlopen(/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/pyt
>> >> h
>> >> on2.7/site-packages/numpy/core/multiarray.so, 2): no suitable image
>> >> found.
>> >> Did find:
>> >>
>> >> /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7
>> >> /
>> >> site-packages/numpy/core/multiarray.so: mach-o, but wrong architecture
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> So, I tried switching to System python:
>> >>
>> >> sudo port select python python27-apple
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> But, oddly, got the same error.  So, it seems to still be using
>> >> Macports
>> >> numpy.  But, then I tried setting:
>> >> setenv GRASS_PYTHON /usr/bin/pythonw
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> And now I get a different error:
>> >>
>> >> GRASS 7.0.0svn (KDEN):~ > g.gui
>> >> Launching <wxpython> GUI in the background, please wait...
>> >> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> >> File
>> >>
>> >> "/Applications/Grass/GRASS-7.0.app/Contents/MacOS/gui/wxpython/wxgui.py",
>> >> line 25, in <module>
>> >>   from core import globalvar
>> >> File
>> >>
>> >> "/Applications/Grass/GRASS-7.0.app/Contents/MacOS/gui/wxpython/core/global
>> >> v
>> >> ar.py", line 84, in <module>
>> >>   import wx
>> >> File
>> >>
>> >> "/Applications/Grass/GRASS-7.0.app/Contents/MacOS/etc/python/wx/__init__.p
>> >> y
>> >> ", line 45, in <module>
>> >>   from wx._core import *
>> >> File
>> >>
>> >> "/Applications/Grass/GRASS-7.0.app/Contents/MacOS/etc/python/wx/_core.py",
>> >> line 4, in <module>
>> >>   import _core_
>> >> ImportError:
>> >>
>> >> /Applications/Grass/GRASS-7.0.app/Contents/MacOS/etc/python/wx/_core_.so:
>> >> no appropriate 64-bit architecture (see "man python" for running in
>> >> 32-bit
>> >> mode)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> But, now it is trying to use the library included with Grass, but still
>> >> isn't working.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -- Adam
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 5/22/14, 9:27 AM, "William Kyngesburye" <woklist at kyngchaos.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> The way the GRASS-Mac startup is configured, it looks for python in
>> >>> this
>> >>> order:
>> >>>
>> >>> what's set in GRASS_PYTHON (full path to pythonw, needed for wxpython
>> >>> GUI)
>> >>>
>> >>> what is found in the PATH (/opt is probably in your PATH)
>> >>>
>> >>> the python.org Python (/Library/Frameworks)
>> >>>
>> >>> the system python
>> >>>
>> >>> It checks each for the python version needed, but not the
>> >>> architecture.
>> >>> the error you are getting is probably because GRASS needs to run
>> >>> python
>> >>> 32bit because of Wxpython limitations, but the /opt python is 64bit
>> >>> only.
>> >>> That's odd that macports does that since you need wxpython 3 to be
>> >>> able
>> >>> to run 64bit.  But GRASS should have its own wxpython bundled, and
>> >>> it's
>> >>> best to use the python it was compiled for (system python as Michael
>> >>> said).
>> >>>
>> >>> On May 22, 2014, at 4:31 AM, Michael Barton
>> >>> <c.michael.barton at gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> I haven't installed PostGIS, so you'll have to ask William about
>> >>>> that.
>> >>>> But I do have Mavericks, GRASS 6 and 7, and QGIS v. 2 working
>> >>>> together.
>> >>>> I don't know how to best set the environment to use the system
>> >>>> python.
>> >>>> It is best to ask the list if someone has done this (copied here). OS
>> >>>> X
>> >>>> is a version of Unix, which is similar but not identical to Linux.
>> >>>> Many
>> >>>> of the configuration files for setting environmental variables are
>> >>>> similar between OS X and Linux, but they can vary sometimes.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Michael Barton
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On May 22, 2014, at 5:32 AM, John Payne <jpayne at wcs.org> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Hi Michael,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Thank you -- I remember reading about conflicts between multiple
>> >>>>> Python
>> >>>>> versions but I don't know how to tell whether the /opt version is
>> >>>>> being
>> >>>>> used by other software so I'm hesitant to remove it.  I haven't
>> >>>>> switched
>> >>>>> to Mavericks yet for fear that it would break things, but perhaps
>> >>>>> it's
>> >>>>> time to take the plunge.  It looks to me as though you and William
>> >>>>> Kyngesbury have made it possible to install this combination:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Mavericks
>> >>>>> PostgreSQL with PostGIS (postGIS is critical to me)
>> >>>>> GRASS 7
>> >>>>> QGIS
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Šbut please tell me if that is not the case.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Also can you tell me which environment variable I need to change to
>> >>>>> "allow
>> >>>>> GRASS to use the system Python only"?   I hate to waste your time,
>> >>>>> but
>> >>>>> being an ex-Windows user, these OS X installations seem like black
>> >>>>> magic
>> >>>>> to me and the OS X books that I've seen are all way too general to
>> >>>>> be
>> >>>>> useful ("push the big happy button and you're done!").  Maybe Unix
>> >>>>> books
>> >>>>> are more useful?  I'm guessing that experts like you simply learn
>> >>>>> the
>> >>>>> hard
>> >>>>> way, by experience, but I would love to be able to study on my own
>> >>>>> if
>> >>>>> you
>> >>>>> have any recommendations.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Lastly, I have been using MacPorts and I see that they have wxPython
>> >>>>> version 2.8.12.1.  Is that close enough to the one that you compiled
>> >>>>> with?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Thanks,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> John
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On 5/21/14 11:15 PM, "Michael Barton" <c.michael.barton at gmail.com>
>> >>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> You have another Python installed in /opt in addition to the system
>> >>>>>> Python. The computer is confused. You will need to change your path
>> >>>>>> or
>> >>>>>> python path to allow GRASS to use your system Python only. Also,
>> >>>>>> the
>> >>>>>> Mac
>> >>>>>> binaries bundle wxPython with the program. You don't need to
>> >>>>>> install
>> >>>>>> this. If you have it, you should probably have exactly the same
>> >>>>>> version
>> >>>>>> that was used for compiling. Currently, I'm using 2.8.12.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Michael Barton
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> On May 21, 2014, at 4:27 PM, John Payne <jpayne at wcs.org> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Hi Michael,
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Thank you very much for your help -- I just reinstalled it so that
>> >>>>>>> I
>> >>>>>>> could
>> >>>>>>> send you the error message (the installation always completes
>> >>>>>>> successfully) and here is the precise error message that I get
>> >>>>>>> when
>> >>>>>>> I
>> >>>>>>> try
>> >>>>>>> to run it (I get the same message with 7.0.beta2):
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Johns-MacBook-Pro:~ john$
>> >>>>>>> '/Applications/GRASS/GRASS-7.1.app/Contents/MacOS/grass.sh'; exit
>> >>>>>>> Rebuilding Addon HTML manual pages index...
>> >>>>>>> Rebuilding Addon menu...
>> >>>>>>> dyld: DYLD_ environment variables being ignored because main
>> >>>>>>> executable
>> >>>>>>> (/usr/bin/osascript) is code signed with entitlements
>> >>>>>>> Python 2.7.5 found.
>> >>>>>>> arch: posix_spawnp: /opt/local/bin/pythonw2.7: Bad CPU type in
>> >>>>>>> executable
>> >>>>>>> logout
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> John
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> On 5/20/14 1:11 AM, "Michael Barton" <c.michael.barton at gmail.com>
>> >>>>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> This is a weird error. I built these binaries against OS X 10.7
>> >>>>>>>> and
>> >>>>>>>> am
>> >>>>>>>> sure that they work with Mavericks (10.9). But I only have
>> >>>>>>>> Mavericks.
>> >>>>>>>> So
>> >>>>>>>> I'm copying some of the GRASS developers in the hopes that
>> >>>>>>>> someone
>> >>>>>>>> else
>> >>>>>>>> can test.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Michael
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> On May 19, 2014, at 1:13 AM, Wikidot.com <sender at wikidot.com>
>> >>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Form data:
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> First name, last name:
>> >>>>>>>>> John Payne
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Organization/Company:
>> >>>>>>>>> Wildlife Conservation Society
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Country:
>> >>>>>>>>> Mongolia
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Email:
>> >>>>>>>>> jcpayne at uw.edu
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Your message (5000 character max):
>> >>>>>>>>> Hi Michael, I just tried installing both of the binaries for
>> >>>>>>>>> Grass
>> >>>>>>>>> 7
>> >>>>>>>>> (7.0.beta2 and 7.1) on a new Mac (OS X 10.8.5), and got a
>> >>>>>>>>> message
>> >>>>>>>>> both
>> >>>>>>>>> times saying something like "Wrong operating system" (I since
>> >>>>>>>>> successfully installed 6.4, but I really need some of the new
>> >>>>>>>>> features
>> >>>>>>>>> of 7).  It wasn't clear to me from your release notes whether
>> >>>>>>>>> the
>> >>>>>>>>> binaries only worked for Mavericks.  Thanks,  John
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>
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>> >>> -----
>> >>> William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com>
>> >>> http://www.kyngchaos.com/
>> >>>
>> >>> Theory of the Universe
>> >>>
>> >>> There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly
>> >>> what
>> >>> the universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
>> >>> and
>> >>> be replaced by something even more bizarrely inexplicable.  There is
>> >>> another theory which states that this has already happened.
>> >>>
>> >>> -Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2nd season intro
>> >>>
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>> http://www.kyngchaos.com/
>>
>> "Oh, look, I seem to have fallen down a deep, dark hole.  Now what does
>> that remind me of?  Ah, yes - life."
>>
>> - Marvin
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