[GRASS-user] grass-7.8.5 on Fedora 33

[Markus Neteler]

On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 5:00 AM mdwxman via grass-user
<grass-user at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
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> So, far, I must be cursed...  I successfully loaded and configured Fedora 33 with the KDE desktop (much better than GNOME 3; used it long ago).
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> Downloaded grass-7.8.5 from the tarball, etc.  Read and followed directions on https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Compile_and_Install#GRASS_GIS_7_on_Fedora
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> Nearly everything downloaded and installed from the dnf install file except for the proj-epsg item.

Ah, proj-epsg and proj-nad no longer exist (replaced by
proj-datumgrid* which was already listed there).
I have updated the wiki accordingly.

>  Nevertheless, I went ahead with the ./configure script then was shot down by the "couldn't find the TIFF" item.

Can you please post your "configure" command?

>  Evidently dnf install can't find it and Fedora 33 doesn't have it on my machine.

... there is the "libgeotiff-devel" RPM.

> (I used the "Everything" option, although I chose only some of the items).  I attempted to use dnf to find TIFF but it failed.
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> If TIFF is related to the protocol for displaying *.tiff images then I'm confused.  Or if there are some other instructions for grass-7.8.5 on Fedora I haven't found them yet.

I am not sure what TIFF package you are looking for. Hence I'd need to
know your "configure" command.

Markus