[GRASS-user] r.in.gdal | libproj.so.0: cannot open shared object file

[Markus Neteler]

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:02 AM, soumyo1001 <soumyo1001 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm running GRASS 6.4.1 on my Fedora 15 system. I've installed all the other
> required libraries and packages. But each time I run GRASS in gui mode and
> start it I get this error : "Unable to get current geographic extent. Force
> quiting wxGUI. Please run manually g.region to fix the problem". I'm not
> able to run GRASS in gui mode.
>
> Also, when I try to run it from text mode and try to create a raster map
> from a sample .jpg file i get this error: "r.in.gdal -o -e
> input=/home/user/grassdata/sample.jpg
> r.in.gdal: error while loading shared libraries: libproj.so.0: cannot open
> shared object file: No such file or directory"

Perhaps you are lacking the package
proj-4.7.0-4.fc15
?

> I'm not able to run GRASS for any good. Please help. Also please mention a
> good book to start working on GRASS.

Here is a list of available books:
http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/books.php

Markus