[GRASS-user] import E00 files in GRASS under Cygwin

[Luigi Ponti]

Stephan Holl wrote:
> Hello Stefaan,
>
> "Stefaan Vande Walle" <Stefaan.VandeWalle at sadl.kuleuven.be> wrote at
> Thu, 4 Jan 2007 14:45:14 +0100:
>
>   
>> Dear,
>>
>>  
>>
>> I use GRASS 6.1 under Cygwin and I want to import E00 files in
>> GRASS.  
>>
>>  
>>
>> v.in.e00 calls for avcimport.  I suppose the gz. File is to be used
>> (or is it also possible with the Win32 files) ?  But where is it to be
>> installed and how can it be activated?  Does a C-compiler needs to  be
>> installed for this?
>>     
>
> I am afraid you need to compile from sources for cygwin. Perhaps
> someone has some experiences compiling avcimport on cygwin?
>   
Please, see: 
http://grass.itc.it/pipermail/grassuser/2005-December/031515.html

I followed Hamish's instructions and it worked for me:

It is worth a try to build it yourself from the .tgz package,

./configure
make
make install