[GRASS-user] GRASS GIS 7.03 for Mac OS X, problem with wxPython (missing)

[Rainer M Krug]

Adam Dershowitz <adershowitz at exponent.com> writes:

> I use Macports for a  bunch of other things (and Homebrew is incompatible
> with Macports)   So, I figured that I would just tried to install grass7
> using macports.  It does seem to install, but the gui doesn’t work:
>
>  $grass70 
> Cleaning up temporary files...
> Starting GRASS GIS...
> ERROR: wxGUI requires wxPython. No module named wxversion
> Error in GUI startup. If necessary, please report this error to the GRASS
> developers.
> Switching to text mode now.
>

I don't use MacPorts - but can you try to install without GUI?

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> Hit RETURN to continue...
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> This is odd, since wxpython is installed.
> But, it seems like this is a different problem.
>
>
> -- Adam
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> On 3/15/16, 9:50 AM, "Rainer M Krug" <Rainer at krugs.de> wrote:
>
>>Michael Barton <Michael.Barton at asu.edu> writes:
>>
>>> The reason is that I (and William) package some key dependencies with
>>> the binary. The most important is wxPython, which is required by the
>>> GUI. If a user does not have exactly the same version of wxPython used
>>> to compile the binary, the GUI will fail. Making this more complicated
>>> is the fact that the only versions of wxPython that work completely
>>> correctly with Mac GRASS are 32 bit. But some other components are 64
>>> bit. This means that I need to compile GRASS with 32/64 bit dual
>>> architecture. So this is a consequence of making binaries that run on
>>> anyone's Mac (except the newest system with SIP enabled).
>>
>>OK - so if I understand you correctly, installing via homebrew, should
>>not be that difficult, as GRASS is compiled for a specific wxPython -
>>correct?
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Michael
>>> ____________________
>>> C. Michael Barton
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>>> Professor of Anthropology, School of Human Evolution & Social Change
>>> Head, Graduate Faculty in Complex Adaptive Systems Science
>>> Arizona State University
>>>
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>>>
>>>     On Mar 15, 2016, at 3:14 PM, Carlos Grohmann
>>>     <carlos.grohmann at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>     
>>>     
>>>     I run GRASS on OSX El Capitan (with SIP disabled). I don't think
>>>     that setting up a CLI-only version would be a solution as well. As
>>>     Rainer said, other software runs natively (see QGIS) and they
>>>     don't have any problems with OSX/SIP. We should look into that.
>>>     
>>>     
>>>     I don't understand why GRASS is offending SIP. Perhaps we should
>>>     seek out for help from others. Maybe Apple itself.
>>>     
>>>     
>>>     One point is that we need to disable SIP for the binary provided
>>>     by Michael Barton, but not if you compile it from source (or using
>>>     homebrew), so this could be fixable by changing paths, like Adam
>>>     suggested. Homebrew uses /usr/local, why can't we?
>>>     
>>>     
>>>     best
>>>     
>>>     
>>>     Carlos
>>>     
>>>     
>>>     
>>>     
>>>     
>>>     
>>>     On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 9:51 AM, Adam Dershowitz
>>>     <adershowitz at exponent.com> wrote:
>>>     
>>>     Yes, SIP is a new security feature that prevents any applications
>>>         from
>>>         writing to a few key OS paths. I believe that it really is
>>>         that simple.
>>>         (see: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204899 )
>>>         Which, does beg the questionŠwhy does running GRASS require
>>>         writes to any
>>>         of these folders? That suggests that GRASS is doing something
>>>         that it
>>>         shouldn¹t be doing. Why should it be writing to system folders
>>>         at all at
>>>         runtime?
>>>         It is the only application that I have run into that has any
>>>         problems with
>>>         SIP. It would seem that this should be an easy fix. (for
>>>         example just
>>>         use /usr/local instead of /usr, or whatever the problem folder
>>>         is).
>>>         
>>>         
>>>         -- Adam
>>>         
>>>         
>>>
>>>     
>>>     
>>>     -- 
>>>     
>>>     
>>>     Prof. Carlos Henrique Grohmann
>>>     Institute of Energy and Environment - Univ. of São Paulo, Brazil
>>>     - Digital Terrain Analysis | GIS | Remote Sensing -
>>>     
>>>     
>>>     http://carlosgrohmann.com
>>>     http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5073-5572
>>>     
>>>     ________________
>>>     Can’t stop the signal.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>-- 
>>Rainer M. Krug
>>email: Rainer<at>krugs<dot>de
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