[GRASS-user] Re: Wingrass 6.4 with MSYS does not work

[Daniel Victoria]

Hi all,

I don't see any leftover cygwin instalation in my path. I even tried
removing python(xy) to see if that was the culprit.
Here are some of the environmental variables set in the msys shell
that I believe influences grass:

PATH=.:/usr/local/bin:/mingw/bin:/bin:/c/Windows/system32:/c/Windows:/c/Windows/System32/Wbem:/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/:/c/Program
Files (x86)/OpenSSH/bin:/c/Windows/System32
WD=C:\PROGRA~2\GRASS-~1\msys\bin\
!C:=C:\Program Files (x86)\GRASS-64-SVN\msys
PART1=C:\PROGRA~2\GRASS-~1\msys\bin\
OLDPWD=/c/Program Files (x86)/GRASS-64-SVN/msys

But I did notice that in the python error that I get, the first error
uses forward slashes (/) and the following lines, the paths have back
slashes (\). Could that be related?

$ Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:/Program Files (x86)/GRASS-64-SVN/etc/wxpython/wxgui.py",
line 85, in <module>
    import gui_modules.preferences as preferences
  File "c:\Program Files
(x86)\GRASS-64-SVN\etc\wxpython\gui_modules\preferences.py", line 807,
in <module>
<more errors removed>

Thanks for all your help
Daniel

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Daniel Victoria
<daniel.victoria at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just installed WinGrass  in my home WinXP box and it's working fine.
> It also gives me the  "Bourne Shell (/bin/sh)" line as reported by
> Luigi, instead of the ("GNU Bash (Cygwin) (/usr/bin/bash.exe)") I saw
> at my Win7 box. So chances are my Win7 has some left over cygwin
> installation and a messed up %PATH%. Will look into that tomorrow
> morning.
>
> Cheers and thanks
> Daniel
>
> On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Daniel Victoria
> <daniel.victoria at gmail.com> wrote:
>> It could be that I have some Cygwin install left over. I also have
>> python(x,y) installed but don't think that is what is messing with
>> WinGrass. I will take a look at my path environmental variables and
>> post an update tomorrow.
>>
>> Thanks
>> daniel
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Luigi Ponti <quartese at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> ...sorry: reposting with a decent subject line...
>>>
>>> Dear Daniel,
>>>
>>> I have a one-month-old (apologize) wingrass 6.4.svn installed from
>>> http://josef.fsv.cvut.cz/wingrass/ on windows7.
>>>
>>> Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 17:11:39 -0300
>>> From: Daniel Victoria <daniel.victoria at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>
>>> [...] Opening a separate MSys console
>>> and executing /grass/bin/grass64svn will start the Select location
>>> window and after I click on Start, Grass crashes with the following
>>> error:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> $ grass64svn
>>> Cleaning up temporary files ...
>>> Starting GRASS ...
>>> ATENÇÃO: Attention!
>>> ATENÇÃO: Locking is not supported on Windows!
>>>           __________  ___   __________    _______________
>>>          / ____/ __ \/   | / ___/ ___/   / ____/  _/ ___/
>>>         / / __/ /_/ / /| | \__ \\_  \   / / __ / / \__ \
>>>        / /_/ / _, _/ ___ |___/ /__/ /  / /_/ // / ___/ /
>>>        \____/_/ |_/_/  |_/____/____/   \____/___//____/
>>>
>>> Welcome to GRASS 6.4.0svn (2010)
>>> GRASS homepage:                          http://grass.osgeo.org/
>>> This version running thru:               GNU Bash (Cygwin)
>>> (/usr/bin/bash.exe)
>>>
>>>
>>> sounds like you are running through Cygwin ("GNU Bash (Cygwin)
>>> (/usr/bin/bash.exe)") -- on my machine the MSys desktop link triggers a
>>> welcome screen that at the same line says "Bourne Shell (/bin/sh)" (and
>>> everything works as expected including the wxpython GUI):
>>>
>>> Cleaning up temporary files ...
>>> Starting GRASS ...
>>> ATTENZIONE: Attention!
>>> ATTENZIONE: Locking is not supported on Windows!
>>>           __________  ___   __________    _______________
>>>          / ____/ __ \/   | / ___/ ___/   / ____/  _/ ___/
>>>         / / __/ /_/ / /| | \__ \\_  \   / / __ / / \__ \
>>>        / /_/ / _, _/ ___ |___/ /__/ /  / /_/ // / ___/ /
>>>        \____/_/ |_/_/  |_/____/____/   \____/___//____/
>>>
>>> Welcome to GRASS 6.4.0svn (2010)
>>> GRASS homepage:                          http://grass.osgeo.org/
>>> This version running thru:               Bourne Shell (/bin/sh)
>>> Help is available with the command:      g.manual -i
>>> See the licence terms with:              g.version -c
>>> If required, restart the GUI with:       g.gui wxpython
>>> When ready to quit enter:                exit
>>>
>>> GRASS 6.4>
>>>
>>> Do you by any chance have Cygwin bash.exe on your %PATH% environmental
>>> variable?
>>>
>>> As for the Python errors you mention, I am not sure but it may again be a
>>> problem related to %PATH% settings. It is indeed possible to have heritage
>>> Cygwin/GRASS and the new native Wingrass running on the same machine, but
>>> care must be taken to avoid messing with the global %PATH%.
>>>
>>> As for running R from GRASS, an approach I have found useful is to follow
>>> the advice by Glynn Clements, i.e. not running GRASS from MSys but instead
>>> use a simple DOS box started via a batch file that sets required
>>> environmental variables to run GRASS, and then call the shell executable
>>> sh.exe (shell scripts designed for Cygwin/GRASS run with minimal adjustments
>>> -- mostly to cope with MSys path conventions issues). Glynn has taken on
>>> this topic in a growing (thanks for your patience, Glynn!) number of posts
>>> -- see for example:
>>> http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/grass-start-bat-in-windows-tp4492202p4492202.html
>>>
>>> Finally, when I have my GRASS-enabled DOS box, I just type R (of course R
>>> needs to be in the %PATH%) and I am pretty much done.
>>>
>>> I hope this helps and sorry if I misunderstood your questions,
>>>
>>> Luigi
>>>
>>>
>>
>