[GRASSLIST:1681] Re: GRASS Cygwin Binary Installation problems.

[Malcolm Blue]

Howard,

I see that Andreas has replied, but as he is busy perhaps I can help.   
Note that Andreas is preparing a revised binary version, which he is 
setting up to pretty much start up everything needed.  Hopefully this 
will be ready in a few days.

I sounds like you are doing everything right, but there may be a missing 
executable or its not executing properly.   Check to see if there is a 
file called /usr/local/grass5/etc/bin/cmd/g.gisenv  .   I can duplicate 
your problem by moving this executable to another name.

If this program doesn't exist, then this is your problem.  I would 
suggest that you might want to wait a couple of days for Andreas' 
revised version and his revised instructions (actually only minor 
install instruction changes - but as I said above, he has informed us 
that the startup will be made easier). 

If the program does exist, you can check it from a cygwin shell.  Test 
it as follows:

Check to see if $HOME/.grassrc5 exists by typing 'ls -a $HOME' .  If 
this shows that .grassrc5 exists (it should exist because Init.sh exited 
after the place it creates this),  then do:

export GISBASE=/usr/local/grass5
export GISRC=$HOME/.grassrc5
/usr/local/grass5/etc/bin/cmd/g.gisenv

This should tell you what the variables GISDBASE, LOCATION_NAME and 
MAPSET are defined as.  If you get anything different let us know.


Malcolm

Howard Tan wrote:

> Sorry I didn't reply earlier, I've been out of town.
> 
> Thank you, Andreas and Markus for the additional text.
> 
> But I still get the same error.
> 
> I've deleted my cygwin directory. Download all the latest binaries that I
> can find (as of 3/27/01). I ran the setup command to grab all the latest
> cygwin files. I made sure I installed everything for a single user and in
> UNIX text mode. I moved all the archived files I have (.bz2, .zip. etc) to
> the root directory in cygwin, which resides on my d: partition with 17 gigs
> ('d:\cygwin'). Unpacked everything in the console window using the bunzip2,
> unzip, and un-tarred from the root dir. Followed the instructions from
> http://www.geog.uni-hannover.de/grass/grass5/binary/windows_cygnus/cygwin_gr
> ass50bininstall.html. Everything seemed to install just fine. Xwindows
> server works for both the Xserver that can install from cygwin (4.0.3), and
> ReflectionX (6.10 built in 1997). I download the global dataset into my
> directory (d:\cygwin\home\data) and I opened a cygwin console and tar-xzf
> it from ('/home/data').
> 
> I got grass work as far as this. -->
> 
> ---------------------------------------
> -                            GRASS 5.0beta12
> -
> -LOCATION: This is the name of an available geographic
> ocation.  -spearfish-
> -          is the sample data base for which all tutorials are written.
> -
> -MAPSET:   Every GRASS session runs under the name of a MAPSET.  Associated
> -          with each MAPSET is a rectangular COORDINATE REGION and a list
> -          of any new maps created.
> -
> -DATABASE: This is the unix directory containing the geographic databases
> -
> -         The REGION defaults to the entire area of the chosen LOCATION.
> -         You may change it later with the command: g.region
> -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> -
> -LOCATION:   global________             (enter list for a list of locations)
> -MAPSET:     PERMANENT_____             (or mapsets within a location)
> -
> -DATABASE:   /home/data________________________________________
> -
> -           AFTER COMPLETING ALL ANSWERS, HIT <ESC><ENTER> TO CONTINUE
> -                            (OR <Ctrl-C> TO CANCEL)
> ------------------------------------------------
> 
> Sad to say, I got the same error, everytime I ran grass5.
> 
> I opened a cygwin shell. I started 'grass5 -text' (what does that do?). And
> I get the same error.
> I opened startxwin.bat in explorer. The Xwindow server opened in full
> screen. I started StartGrass. It opened a new window, and I did everything
> the same error.
> I even get the same error with ReflectionX.
> 
> I did not get and install the ipc-daemon, because I read somewhere it wasn't
> necessary anymore. Did I mis read it? I have not tried to install the
> sunrpc/xdrlib. They were not detailed in the instructions to install the
> binaries. Should I? I should try to compile it myself, but I don't mind
> being a Guinea pig to get the binaries to work. and they should work...
> 
> It's probably something very simple. But I just don't know what it is.
> 
> Any suggestions would be great!
> 
> Thanks,
> Howard
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andreas Lange" <Andreas.Lange at Rhein-Main.de>
> To: "Howard Tan" <Howard.L.Tan at jpl.nasa.gov>
> Cc: <grasslist at baylor.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 4:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [GRASSLIST:1617] GRASS Cygwin Binary Installation problems.
> 
> 
>> Hi Howard,
>> 
>> how do you start the grass shell?
>> I will assume that your installation is ok, so you should log into
>> cygwin shell and start grass5 -text there. Try to choose a database
>> there. Does this work?
>> You will need to start grass from within an cygwin shell, so if you use
>> a X Server you have to start the xterm from within cygwin and to log in
>> to grass from there.
>> 
>> My setup is: Win NT 4.0/Win 2000, cygwin, XFree from cygwin. I can start
>> the X Server from explorer, log into grass within xterm and fire up
>> d.mon start=x0 etc.
>> 
>> HTH,
>> 
>> Andreas
>> 
>> Howard Tan schrieb:
>> 
>>> 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
>> 
>> --
>> Andreas Lange, 65187 Wiesbaden, Germany, Tel. +49 611 807850
>> Andreas.Lange at Rhein-Main.de - A.C.Lange at GMX.net
>>