[GRASSLIST:5265] NewBees GRASS installation solution

[RAVI KUMAR]

   THESE ARE THE STEPS I FOLLOWED FOR WEEKS TO GET
GRASS57 INSTALLED
      AND WORKING. HOPE THIS WILL HELP NEWBEES NOT TO
LOOSE HEART.

 

      STEP-1
      Install MANDRAKE LINUX-10 DOWNLOADING 3 CDs FROM
THIS WEBSITE.

      U CAN DOWNLOAD FILES FROM A CYBER CAFE OR A
FASTER INTERNET CONNECTION
      EVEN WORKING ON WINDOWS
ftp://ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/linux-distributions/Mandrake/official/iso/10.0/i586/Mandrakelinux10.0-Official-Download-CD1.i586.iso
     
ftp://ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/linux-distributions/Mandrake/official/iso/10.0/i586/Mandrakelinux10.0-Official-Download-CD2.i586.iso
     
ftp://ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/linux-distributions/Mandrake/official/iso/10.0/i586/Mandrakelinux10.0-Official-Download-CD3.i586.iso
      FROM GRASS WEBSITE DOWNLOAD THESE 2 FILES
      http://grass/baylor/edu/grass57/linux

     
grass-5.7.cvs-i686-pc-linux-gnu-25_12_2004-install.sh
     
grass-5.7.cvs-i686-pc-linux-gnu-25_12_2004.tar.gz 
      
INSTALL MANDRAKE LINUX THROUGH DOWNLOADED CDs

       THEN IN MANDRAKE LINUX TERMINAL WINDOW
      (U GET TERMINAL WINDOW BY CLICKING ON THE ICON
LOOKING
       LIKE A COMPUTER MONITOR. TERMINAL WINDOW ONLY
SHOWS U TEXT
       TYPE su<ent> AND ENTER PASSWORD TO BECOME A
ROOT USER)

      AS A ROOT USER DO THE FOLLOWNG INSTALLATION.
      TYPE (always lower case or as per file names)..
and press ENTER.
      WHERE EVER POSSIBLE CUT AND PASTE FILE NAMES TO
AVOID TYPING ERRORS
      sh
grass-5.7.cvs-i686-pc-linux-gnu-25_12_2004-install.sh
grass-5.7.cvs-i686-pc-linux-gnu-25_12_2004.tar.gz

      STEP-2
      THERE ARE A FEW RPM's TO BE DOWNLOADED AN
INSTALLED AVAILABLE
      ON THE INTERNET. THE SITE BELOW IS VERY HELPFUL

      fr2.rpmfind.net/linux

      libproj0-4.4.8-1mdk.i586.rpm
      xterm-196-1mdk.i586.rpm 
      libgrass5_0-1.0.0-1mdk.i586.rpm
      libgdal0-1.1.9-2mdk.i586.rpm
      libgdal1-1.2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm  
      libfftw2-2.1.5-3mdk.i586.rpm 
      libjasper1.701_1-1.701.0-1mdk.i686.rpm
      libogdi-3.1.2-1mdk.i586.rpm 
      libgeotiff1-1.2.2-2mdk.i586.rpm 
      libstdc++6-3.4.1-4mdk.i586.rpm 


      STEP-3 INSTALLATION OF THE RPMs
      SOME OF THE RPMs HAVE TO BE INSTALLED WITHOUT
DEPENDENCIES
      WHEN EVER AN RPM IS NOT INSTALLED TRY THIS
METHOD.

      rpm --install libproj0-4.4.8-1mdk.i586.rpm
      rpm --install xterm-196-1mdk.i586.rpm 
      rpm --install libgrass5_0-1.0.0-1mdk.i586.rpm 
      rpm --install libgdal0-1.1.9-2mdk.i586.rpm
      rpm --install libgdal1-1.2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm
--nodeps 
      rpm --install libfftw2-2.1.5-3mdk.i586.rpm 
      rpm --install
libjasper1.701_1-1.701.0-1mdk.i686.rpm
      rpm --install libogdi-3.1.2-1mdk.i586.rpm 
      rpm --install libgeotiff1-1.2.2-2mdk.i586.rpm 
      rpm --install libstdc++6-3.4.1-4mdk.i586.rpm 

     STEP-4
IN THE TERMINAL WINDOW ENTER AS BELOW AND PRESS RETURN
grass57 <ent>

NOW CAREFULLY NOTE THE ERRORS ON A SCRIBLE PAD WITH
PEN.
 *****U need to give the following commands in the
terminal
      to suite GRASS57 NAMING OF LIBRARY FILES******
FEEL FREE TO SEE THE DIRECTORY
cd /usr/lib<ent>
dir 1st few characters of file not found, to see near
matches.
the command below changes their names. Errors I
received are cleared 
with the following commands.
  

  ln -s /usr/lib/libfftw.so.2 /usr/lib/libdfftw.so.2 
  ln -s /usr/lib/libtk.so /usr/lib/libtk.so.0 
  ln -s /usr/lib/libtcl.so /usr/lib/libtcl.so.0 
  ln -s /usr/lib/libpq.so.3 /usr/lib/libpq.so.2 
  ln -s /usr/lib/libgdal.1.1.so /usr/lib/libgdal.so.1 
  (this is changing the name of the library to suite
GRASS57)
  
  STEP-5
TYPE AS BELOW AND PRESS ENTER TO SAVE CONFIGURATION
idconfig <ent>
  STEP-6
NOW GRASS MUST WORK TYPING
grass57 <ent>
IF IT GIVES SOME MORE ERRORS FOLLOW AS IN STEP 2,3,4,5
FOR THE FILES CONCERNED IN THE ERROR MESSAGE. 
THE SLOGAN FOR 'GRASS' IS, DONT GIVE-UP
                           NEVER SAY DIE
 


		
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