[GRASSLIST:1631] Re: GRASS Cygwin Binary Installation problems.

[Howard Tan]

So has anybody gotten GRASS to work with Cygwin?

I'm willing to write a better readme file, if someone helps me over this
hump.

Howard


----- Original Message -----
From: Howard Tan <Howard.L.Tan at jpl.nasa.gov>
To: <grasslist at baylor.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 9:52 AM
Subject: [GRASSLIST:1617] GRASS Cygwin Binary Installation problems.


> Hello,
>
> I've been trying to get GRASS to work on my NT boxes (NT4.0-sp6 and
2k-sp1).
> I can start GRASS, but it keeps dropping out with the following error:
>
> ERROR:
>        ERROR: program 'g.gisenv' cannot be executed because:
>
>        Neither a command line (cmd) or interactive (inter) version was
found
> /usr/local/grass5/etc/Init.sh: GISDBASE: parameter not set
>
>
> I've downloaded all the neccassary files from Cygwin including the XFree86
> drivers (current as of 3/15), and I'm using ReflectionX (similar to
XWin32)
> for my X Server. I've downloaded and installed the IPC binary
> files(v1.09-2). Then I've installed the GRASS binaries (20010312). I can
run
> 'StartGrass' successfully, it's starts up another window and then I can
> enter 'grass5' into the new window. Grass starts up, and I enter the
> LOCATION, MAPSET, and DATABASE. I've downloaded the Seeds Tutorial Set
from
> the grass website, and follow the tutorial. Then when I hit [ESC][ENTER],
> GRASS coughs out with the error above.
>
> I get the same error on both win nt 4.0 and win 2000.
>
> Anybody have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Howard Tan
>