[GRASS-user] Problem with Nviz : first post

[Hamish]

re. linux's difficulties, "It's a steep learning curve, but there are
wonderful views from the top."


> This also seems to apply to GRASS. Does anyone know how to get Grass60
> working on Fedora Core 5? I tried a reinstall and a clean installation
> of just the tcl/tk8.4 libraries to no avail (segmentation fault in
> nviz - assuming these libraries are the problem - how would I know?).
> I also tried to download the 8.3 libraries as suggested by Hamish BUT
> then when I install the grass-bin libraries the "clever" installer
> software decides it needs tcl8.4 and downloads it anyway!  

GRASS 6.0.2's NVIZ is not compatible with a TclTk 8.4 or newer built
with threading support.

See the REQUIREMENTS.html file:
  http://grass.ibiblio.org/grass60/source/REQUIREMENTS.html

This bug is fixed now and NVIZ works with TclTk 8.4 in the development
version. A future 6.0.3 release can/will have it working as well.


Sorry I can't help any with FC5, just note that it is very new so few of
us will have any experience with it. Why go through the inconvenience of
building GRASS yourself when you can use the pre-built version for FC5
from Intevation GmbH? (including NVIZ bug I think)
  http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/freegis/intevation/freegis/fedora/5/


If you are unhappy with linux (really FC5 !!) try the MacOSX version
which works "out of the box, no assembly required". (I only have recent
experince with Lorenzo Moretti's version which is very well done)

There are linux versions like Debian (or Ubuntu) where there is a
"DebianGIS" QA team who have already worked through all these problems
for you and a 100% working install is as easy as typing
"apt-get install grass" from the command line. Ubuntu is a Debian
derivative which is better suited for new users.


good luck,
Hamish