[GRASS-dev] grass in windows

[Blumentrath, Stefan]

Hi again,

The following threads can possibly be additional sources for inspiration:
http://www.qgis.nl/2014/04/22/qgis-in-de-klas-onder-windows/?lang=en
https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/2015-February/030837.html
http://linfiniti.com/2011/05/building-custom-qgis-installers-for-windows/


From: grass-dev [mailto:grass-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Veronica Andreo
Sent: 27. oktober 2015 14:03
To: grass-dev <grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org>
Subject: [GRASS-dev] grass in windows

Hi devs :)

I'm a grass-in-Linux user but have to teach a grass course to windows users in two weeks... so, i used my mum's pc (64 bits, with windows 7) to test the stuff

I was recomended to install 32 bits version from osgeo4w (https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/). So, I downloaded, run as administrator, selected only grass stable (grass702-rc1) and qgis stable (2.12). I left the rest as it was by default, accepted all the dependencies and let the thing download and install. Then, reboot because it asked for it. Starting grass from desktop icon works fine, all fine, except that the windows shell is so limited... no going back to previous command, no tab completion, no selecting, nor copy-paste... :(

Then, I tested calling grass from MSYS shell, with the intention of getting some of linux shell funcionalities, but the command grass70 does not work... Attached, is a screenshot of the error i get...

So, i cannot start the program there... is there any tricks for that? Or simply not possible? Maybe I'm missing something when selecting packages at the installation...

Any hints, tips, tricks from grass-windows devs and users are highly appreciated and more than welcome :)

Cheers! :)
Vero
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