[GRASSLIST:476] Re: where is $LOCATION set

[Buchan Milne]

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Erin ODoherty wrote:
> I am really out-of-date with GRASS.  I finally installed  GRASS 5.0.2 on a
> PC running Mandrake Linux and I am having trouble with the environment
> variables.

Why "finally"? Mandrake 9.0 and 9.1 ship with grass-5.0.0 in contribs,
and there are RPMs for 5.0.2 for 9.1:

http://ranger.dnsalias.com/mandrake/9.1/grass-5.0.2-1.1mdk.i586.rpm

You can then start grass from the menu
(Applications->Sciences->Geosciences->Grass).

  When I get into the first screen in GRASS I enter :
> Location: hayden
> Mapset: erin
> Database: /files/data
>
> but if I type cd $LOCATION it puts me in /home/erin.

First use echo to see the value of the variable, or env to see all
variables. I think the variable you are looking for is LOCATION_NAME.
Since $LOCATION is emtpy, you are effectively typing "cd ", which will
put you in your home directory.

> I tried putting a
> symbolic link there, but that didn't help.  Obviously I have something set
> wrong and I can't find where $LOCATION  is set to see if I can change it.
> (I installed as root, and then remembered that I was supposed to do it
as a
> regular user.  I then tried the latter and it didn't work, so I went back
> to being superuser and reinstalled.  I guess it could be a problem with
> permissions.)
> Thanks for any advice.

You should normally install software as super-user if you want it to be
accessible system-wide (and not just for one user).

Regards,
Buchan

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