[GRASS-user] Using g.extension on Ubuntu 11.04

Glynn Clements glynn at gclements.plus.com
Mon Jul 25 03:08:59 EDT 2011


Thomas.Adams at noaa.gov wrote:

> sudo g.extension extension=v.strahler
> 
> I get the message:
> 
> GRASS 6.4.1 (ffpi):~/grass/data > sudo g.extension extension=v.strahler
> [sudo] password for teaiii: 
> sudo: g.extension: command not found

sudo resets the environment, including PATH. In fact, it resets PATH
even if the -E (preserve environment) option is used.

> I'm at a loss what to do. Any suggestions?

Modify the g.extension script to use sudo rather than "su -c ...".

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>


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