[GRASS-user] GRASS 6 under solaris

[Otto Dassau]

On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:15:30 +0100
Harri Kiiskinen <harkiisk at utu.fi> wrote:

> ti, 2006-12-05 kello 07:39 +0100, Otto Dassau kirjoitti:
> > On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 19:34:35 +0000 (GMT)
> > Paul Kelly <paul-grass at stjohnspoint.co.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello Otto
> > > I have some Solaris binaries on here:
> > > ftp://ftp.qub.ac.uk/pub/users/paulk/grass/
> > > Not too up-to-date though, and they required some packages from 
> > > http://sunfreeware.com/ (can't remember which ones but should be obvious 
> > > >from runtime error messages I think).
> > > 
> > > I don't remember there being any big issues with compiling it - do you 
> > > have any specific problems?
> > 
> > Hi Paul, 
> > 
> > that sounds promissing and no, I haven't even started yet and don't know if
I
> > get remote access to that mashine at all. I was just asked, if there are any
> > known problems and if it is possible. Because I don't have any experiences
with
> > GRASS on solaris yet, that's why i asked in advance.
> 
> Yes, I can confirm that it is possible, I've done it also. Most problems
> I had were related to compiling GRASS as a 64bit application in a mixed
> environment, i.e. the system was not completely 64bit. In the end,
> everything else worked except r.terraflow which I still cannot compile
> on Solaris' own CC. (Bug report is pending. Errors are myriad, and
> probably cumulative., and I just don't have the time nowadays.)
> 	If I remember correctly, I first compiled GRASS as an ordinary 32bit
> application, and then everything worked nice.

Harri,

thanks a lot, I guess it would be an ordinary 32bit machine. If I get a chance
to try I will report ... maybe add some notes to wiki...

best,
 Otto

> Harri K.