[GRASS-dev] GRASS GIS installation on Mac OSX [was : Re: [GRASS GIS] #2942: Startup after Novice Install]

[Markus Neteler]

On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 9:26 AM, Moritz Lennert
<mlennert at club.worldonline.be> wrote:
> On 27/06/17 01:02, GRASS GIS wrote:
>>
>> #2942: Startup after Novice Install
>> ------------------------+-------------------------
>>   Reporter:  pactriglo  |      Owner:  grass-dev@…
>>       Type:  defect     |     Status:  new
>>   Priority:  normal     |  Milestone:  7.0.6
>>  Component:  Startup    |    Version:  7.0.3
>> Resolution:             |   Keywords:
>>        CPU:  OSX/Intel  |   Platform:  MacOSX
>> ------------------------+-------------------------
>>
>> Comment (by annakrat):
>>
>>  Use homebrew from osgeo4mac:
>>
>>  {{{
>>  brew tap osgeo/osgeo4mac
>>  brew install grass7
>>  }}}

I just got asked what this "brew thing" means... Is there a "GRASS GIS
brew in a nutshell" anywhere?


>> --
>> Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/2942#comment:5>
>> GRASS GIS <https://grass.osgeo.org>
>
>
> Is this the official recommendation on how to install GRASS GIS on Mac OSX
> these days ?
>
> My students with MacOSX have been a bit confused about the different ways to
> download GRASS GIS, especially when they were trying to install it in
> parallel with QGIS for cross-usage (grass plugin and processing toolbox).
>
> BTW, in the homebrew formula for grass7 [1] I see:
>
> stable do
>     url "https://grass.osgeo.org/grass72/source/grass-7.2.0.tar.gz"
>
> i.e. 7.2.0, instead of 7.2.1.
>
> Maybe we should create a symbolic link
>
>
> https://grass.osgeo.org/grass72/source/current_stable.tar.gz ->
> https://grass.osgeo.org/grass72/source/grass-7.2.1.tar.gz
>
> ?
>
> Or even
>
> https://grass.osgeo.org/current_stable.tar.gz ->
> https://grass.osgeo.org/grass72/source/grass-7.2.1.tar.gz
>
> to make it easier for build scripts such as these to always point to the
> latest stable version ?

We do have it for the snapshot which is script generated:

https://grass.osgeo.org/grass72/source/snapshot/grass-7.2.svn_src_snapshot_latest.tar.gz

but not yet for the stable releases which would require a manual
interaction by me on the server after a release.
OK, I have added that to the release procedure and have generated the link:

https://grass.osgeo.org/grass72/source/grass-7.2-latest.tar.gz
which points at time to the file "grass-7.2.1.tar.gz".

HTH,
Markus


>
> Moritz
>
> [1]
> https://github.com/OSGeo/homebrew-osgeo4mac/blob/master/Formula/grass7.rb
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