[GRASS-user] 7.0.0 Mac OS X Install Notes

[Michael Barton]

Jeshua,

It turns out that Cairo is the offending framework. I’ve added a note that you should install this AFTER GDAL and FreeType.

I have confirmed the permissions problem issue. I wonder when it first cropped up? Anyway, I’m talking with William about a way to solve it so first time users don’t have to change permissions before they can use GRASS. 

Currently, one easy workaround is to create a folder named GRASS inside Applications BEFORE installing GRASS for the first time. However, if you get a locked folder, you just need to go into get info (command I) and change them, but it is a pain. Once the folder is accessible, subsequent GRASS installs don’t affect it.

Thanks for reporting these issues.

Michael
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> On Feb 22, 2015, at 9:28 PM, Jeshua Lacock <jeshua at 3dTopo.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Feb 22, 2015, at 9:22 PM, Michael Barton <Michael.Barton at asu.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> To help me understand, I have a couple of questions below.
>> 
>>>> As for the other issues, I'll respond
>>>> 
>>>> 1. There IS a link to the Kyngchaos frameworks page in the menu on the right side that shows up on every page. On that frameworks page, it is clearly stated that PROJ and UnixImageIO are a part of the GDAL Complete package
>>>> 
>>>> 2. AFAIK, the order of installing the main frameworks packages makes no difference. The ones for which order matters are included in GDAL Complete. If I am wrong here, please let me know and I will put a note on the site.
>>> 
>>> On the main download page it does not state anything about installation order. I did not install GDAL first. Then I got several other errors. If it happened to me, I can only assume it will happen to others.
>> 
>> Do you mean you had problems because you installed GRASS before the frameworks or because you installed other frameworks before GDAL Complete?
> 
> The latter. I installed GRASS last. 
> 
>>> 3. No one has ever reported this permissions issue so far. I don't know what is causing it in this case (unless it is new for 7.0 stable).  AFAIK, the only permissions issue is the need to have a writeable director called "bin" inside the GRASS folder if you are installing extensions. This is a weird quirk of the extensions build system on the Mac. If there is a new permissions issue for 7.0 stable, it needs to be reported. But I have built it in exactly the same way as I've built all other builds recently.
>>> 
>>> It has actually happened with the betas for me I just neglected to report it. As it is, the package leaves a folder that the user will not have permission to access. This should not be a difficult thing to reproduce or fix. I would suspect that the folder is owned by root because root permissions are required to install, and you likely just need to clean up the permissions as I suggested.
>> 
>> It does not require root access to install, just administrator access.
> 
> Sorry for the oversimplification; thats what I meant.
> 
>> Which is the folder lacking permissions? /Applications/GRASS?
> 
> Correct, here are the installed permissions:
> 
> 	drwx------   3 503     wheel    102 Feb 22 14:09 GRASS
> 
>> Is this perhaps a function of the new "feature" in OSX that puts roadblocks for running things not downloaded from the app store?
> 
> No, I don’t get a security warning. That folder just needs permissions set to 755 or similar at the end of the install…
> 
> Sorry for not mentioning sooner.
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
> Jeshua Lacock
> Founder/Engineer
> 3DTOPO Incorporated
> <http://3DTOPO.com>
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