[GRASSLIST:8192] Re: Grass6.0.1 Binaries for Mandrake 10.0

[Otto Dassau]

Am Dienstag, 6. September 2005 23:33 schrieb Alejandro Hinojosa:
> Dear list,

Dear Alejandro,

> Since nobody came to the rescue but Otto , let me tell you how i fixed
> using the binary distribution  intended for Mandrake 10.1 in version 10.0
> This is to solve the dependencies of the distribution rpms. Otto indirectly
> suggested to migrate to 10.1, but sometimes it's to much hassle to
> backup  everything before migrating.

Do you remember, what packages you had to upgrade on your mandrake 10.0. I 
could add your information to the readme - for other users.

> I followed the installation sequence defined in the  readme of the
> distribution site for Mandrake
> http://www.gdf-hannover.de/media.php?id=1&lg=en
> then when the dependencies started to appear i went
> to  http://rpm.pbone.net  and searched for the libraries requested,
> download them and installed manually with root privileges with  rpm
> -ivh  package.rpm.
>
> At the end, I got grass60 to run. I hope I don't get into furture problems
> for running on version 10.0.
> My first surprise, besides the interface, is that it will not see my old
> vectors from 5.4.

thanks for your comments!

   Otto

> Alejandro
>
>   At 11:22 PM 9/5/2005 +0200, you wrote:
> >On Mon, 5 Sep 2005, Alejandro Hinojosa wrote:
> >>Dear list,
> >
> >Dear Alejandro,
> >
> >>I have Mandrake 10.0 running on my pc box and downloaded the rpm binaries
> >>for grass 6.0.1 from gdf-hannover.
> >>
> >>Will this version run under Mandrake 10.0?
> >>
> >>I started following the installation order from the readme,
> >>doing  manually with   rpm -i -v  package.rpm . The first package
> >>(proj-4) installed without trouble, but  didn't know where it was
> >>installed. For the second package (gdal-1.3.0-2mdk10.1.i586.rpm) the
> >>installation  aborted with errors:
> >>
> >>Failed dependecies
> >>libstdc++.so.6 is needed by gdal-1.3.02mdk10.1
> >>
> >>under /usr/lib there is a libstdc++.so.5  but no libstdc++.so.6,
> >>
> >>Any clues, directions? Do I need the Mandake 10.1 or a  symbolic link
> >>from libstdc++.so.6 to libstdc++.so.5 will do.
> >
> >you can try a symbolic link, but I don't think this will work. The
> >packages are compiled on a mandrake 10.1 and unfortunately not build for
> >Mandake 10.0 - sorry.
> >
> >   otto
> >
> >>Thanks
> >>
> >>Alejandro Hinojosa
> >>Geology Department ,Earth Sciences Division
> >>CICESE
> >>Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
> >>
> >>
> >>Alejandro Hinojosa