[GRASS-user] Install GRASS stable and experimental in parallel

[Stefan Blumentrath]

Hi Markus,

Many thanks for the swift reply and the clarification!
Will think about website improvements and come back to you…

I would assume, being able to have package based installations of test versions in parallel to the current stable would make it easier for casual testers or people interested in certain features of development versions to get more involved in early testing in general…
Meaning, if that is technically possible it could be a good thing to do, in order to increase number of testers and early adopters… Just a thought…

Cheers
Stefan



From: neteler.osgeo at gmail.com [mailto:neteler.osgeo at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Markus Neteler
Sent: torsdag 14. desember 2017 12.57
To: Stefan Blumentrath <Stefan.Blumentrath at nina.no>
Cc: GRASS user list <grass-user at lists.osgeo.org>; Robert Zahl Dybvad <Robert.Dybvad at nina.no>
Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Install GRASS stable and experimental in parallel


On Dec 14, 2017 12:48 PM, "Stefan Blumentrath" <Stefan.Blumentrath at nina.no<mailto:Stefan.Blumentrath at nina.no>> wrote:
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> Is it possible to install (any) development / test version of GRASS (trunk or 7.4.0RC2) in parallel to the stable version (GRASS 7.2) from UbunutGIS both at the same machine?

Sure! Since the names are different, no problem.

> I know both can co-exist when I compile from source, but a binary package might come in handy in some cases…

I commonly have several versions installed and running.
Limitation: it is possible with self compiled GRASS GIS. Any package manager would substitute...

> GRASS website [1] says GRASS 7 can be installed in parallel to GRASS 6. Does that mean that e.g. 7.4 in parallel to 7.2 is not possible?

It is possible if you compile yourself.

(I'd appreciate help to improve/redo the web site, but that's a different topic)

Cheers
Markus
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