What is Status of GRASS CD for Linux?
Henning Brockfeld
u4901ac at sun4.lrz-muenchen.de
Sat Aug 12 08:00:00 EDT 1995
dmandel at transport.com (David Mandel) writes:
> I have used GRASS in the past and liked it a great deal, but have been
>distracted by other matters for six months or a year or so. So I'm kind
>out of date regarding any changes in GRASS.
> In any case, I'm thinking about bringing GRASS up on my home system
>(a 486/33 with 16 mb RAM and 750 mb disk running Linux) and preparing
>a talk for the Portland Linux Users Group. If I do this I'ld have to get
>a copy of GRASS and it is a pain to download given my slow data lines.
>However, as I recall someone was preparing a GRASS on Linux CD for
>distribution. Does this exist? If so how can one get a copy?
Andreas Holz has prepared such a thing. As far as I know, he is on holiday
until the end of august. I am appending his original posting
Servus Henning
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Microsoft is not the answer, Microsoft is the question. And the answer is NO.
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Hello,
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I would like to apologize for my German, english spoken!
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You are interested in an order form of the GRASS-CD and some additional
informations?
OK!
Some informations:
I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TEST ALL GRASS PROGRAMS FOR CORRECT BEHAVIOUR
ON LINUX!!!!!
Definitive content of the CD:
GRASS 4.1.5
src tree
src.garden tree
src.alpha tree
src.contrib tree
src.related tree
XGRASS
except the pixmap-editor completely running
I took the newest pixmap-editor from inria,
which is running well.
MAPGEN
an alternative GRASS-MOTIF Interface based
on XGEN.
ATTENTION: the MAPGEN code seems to be incomplete!
I did'nt test MAPGEN!!
GNUPLOT
and the GRASS-GNUPLOT interface
SDTS
AGNPS
GRASS-man pages converted to html format, THANK YOU to
Darrel Mcauley!!!!!!
The GRASSU and GRASSP mailing-lists converted to html.
All demonstration-databases, loadable from CD.
The following software has been checked to be added to the CD.
KHOROS 2.0.1
1) Khoral research is wanting a huge license fee!
2) The binares are huge, too. The would not fit on the
CD together with GRASS.
KHOROS IS NOT INCLUDED!
VIS-5D
A 3D visualisation system for meteorologic
datasets, but also usable to visualize flow
through a medium (e.g. groundwater flow).
Version 3.3 is included. The new version 4.0 is'nt
running on LINUX.
System requirements:
at least a double speed CD-Reader
486/33 recommended, better higher speed
a minimum of 8Mb RAM, better 16Mb or more.
approx. 100Mb for Linux
approx. 10-35Mb for GRASS, using the CD-ROM
approx. 200Mb, if installing GRASS on hd.
approx 100Mb free space for temporay files
a monitor with 1024 x 768, better 1280 x 1024 resolution
a 17", better 19" monitor
an accelerated graphics board, preferable VL or PCI
e.g. my configuration:
486DX2 80
32 Mb RAM
CD-reader Mitsumi FX-100
Toshiba XM3401B SCSI
Adaptec 2842A SCSI-VL controller
Micropolis 1598 1Gb SCSI-1 Hd
Seagate Barracuda 32550 2,4Gb Fast SCSI-2 Hd
ATI Ultra-Plus MACH 32 2Mb (ISA)
Sony GDM 2070 19" Monitor
HP-DAT
running:
libc 4.5.26
Linux 1.2.7 kernel
XFree 2.1.1
Motif 1.2.4
For Your convenience You should have the following additional software:
xv an imageviewer, which also can convert imageformats
gs ghostscript to preview and to print postscript files
tcl/tk
Mosaic to view the man-pages
Nevertheless it will run on a 386 also, but a little
bit slower.
How is GRASS compiled?
gcc 2.5.8
libc 4.5.26
Metrolink Motif 1.2.4
XFree 2.1.1
why gcc 2.5.8 and libc 4.5.26?
I tried gcc > 2.6 and libc > 4.6 in February.
There were bugs in gcc and libc. X/Motif
programs were not running. So I switched back
to gcc 2.5.8 and libc 4.5.26. Furthermore
Metrolink Motif is compiled with gcc2.5.8.
why XFree 2.1.1
Motif 1.2 is based on X11R5
Metrolink Motif is based on XFree2.1.1
Why is GRASS linked statically, Why did'nt You save space in
linking dynamically?
To redistribute Motif programs they have to be linked
statically. Do You have Motif?
To be independent of future XFree and libc releases.
There is enough space on the CD. So I think, it is better
to be on the saver side.
and...
The GRASS-binaries will be runnable directly from CD, they are
linked from hard-drive to the CD. Drivers for the digitizers
and printers will be installed on the hard-drive. So it is
possible to upgrade to newer programs or add binaries to the
distribution.
On CD is a tar.gz archive conaining GRASS to be installed directly
on hard-disk for enhanced performance.
The GRASS-program-libraries will be in the appropriate place, so
You will be able to compile and link additional software.
There will be no LINUX distribution included, so You should have
a minimal LINUX distribution including X. The GRASS binaries,
which are using X are statically linked, so it makes no difference in
using XFree 2.1.x or XFree 3.x., but I'm not familiar with other
X related problems, You might encounter, e.g. problems with fonts,
app-defaults.
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Shipping Method: I do not support UPS, because
of its behaviour against its
employees! So I will use the
Deutsche Post AG.
Payment Method :
Outside Germany:
International Money Order (Dollar cheque,
or other European currencies)
payable to:
Andreas Holz
c/o Loibl
Hoefener Str. 142
90431 Nuernberg
Germany
Bank:
Stadtsparkasse Nuernberg
Bank code : 760 501 01
Account No: 1128668
Inside Germany:
Ueberweisung auf obiges Konto
Price :
Outside Germany:
$100 one CD
(Discounts are available, please negotiate)
including shipment costs
(do You have to pay customs?, then I will
declare this CD as a present at our customs!)
Inside Germany:
DM 140,- einschliesslich Versand
(+ MwST)
(bei besonderen Fragen bitte Mail)
(Bei der Abnahme mehrerer CD sind Rabatte
moeglich)
Ordering: Please do not order befor I post the availability of
the CD!
Please do not pay, until You'll get the CD.
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I'll announce the CD in:
grassu mailing list
comp.os.linux.announce
comp.infosystems.gis
via mail to all known interested persons
P.S.: The CD-ROM manufacturer scheduled the CD for
the 12th of June. I'll ship them as soon as possible.
P.P.S.: This is a private project. This CD might never be available
at Your local book store or from professional CD-ROM
distributor.
P.P.P.S.: This is a private project. I'm working on it in the evening
or the night. It might be possible, I'll become a little bit
tired in the night. perhaps there will be some delays.
With best regards
Andreas Holz
To my convenience please e-mail to
holzandr at erls12.kwu.siemens.de in the future.
Please do not forget Your e-mail address in Your mails!!!!!
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