[GRASSLIST:5557] Re: WG: compilation grass-6.0.0beta1

[Hamish]

> I tried the compilation of grass-6.0.0beta1 and
> grass-6.0.cvs_src_snapshot_2005_01_29. The first step of compilation
> filed: After typing ./configure or CFLAGS="-g -Wall"  (or just
> ./configure) I got the error 
> Checking whether to use GDAL ... yes
> Checking for gdal-config  no
> Configure: error: *** couldn't find gdal-config.
> 
> I use the latest distribution of cygwin/xserver on windows xp. I tried
> it also on a windows 2000 computer and got the same error. It would be
> great if I can get any suggestions. Thanks, Jan


You usually need to install GDAL (for importing and exporting maps)
before compiling GRASS, see:
http://gdal.org/


to compile without GDAL support (making GRASS much less useful) try:
./configure --without-gdal

but install GDAL if you can before trying that..



Hamish