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

[Daniel Victoria]

Another thing I just noticed looking at grass64svn script

ArcGIS has set the variable PYTHONPATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\bin

Could that be related?

On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Daniel Victoria
<daniel.victoria at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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