[GRASS-user] Umm...OK, How do I start this thing?

[mdwxman]

After all these years you would think that I would have automatically run “make install” or that I would have read the directions. Nope, not this time. Thanks for laying out the path comment. I’ll try to avoid being so neglectful in the future...

Michael Allen
Industrial Weather
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On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 1:38 AM, Markus Neteler <neteler at osgeo.org> wrote:

> Hi Michael,
>
> mdwxman via grass-user <grass-user at lists.osgeo.org> schrieb am So.,
> 27. Dez. 2020, 06:19:
>>
>> I must be either blind or brain-frozen by all the snow outside but even after reading through the introductions
>> and downloading the North Carolina data I still don't see how to start GRASS GIS 7.8.5 on my Fedora 33.
>
> The reason will be that the start script isn't yet in $PATH.
>
> So, the question is: did you run this step
>
> sudo make install
> ?
>
> - if yes, then it should be in /usr/local/bin/ which needs to be in
> $PATH (usually it is)
> - if no, then you need to create a link:
> ln -s /where/you/compiled/grass_src/bin.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/grass78
> /some/directory/in/path/
>
> Example (here in detail, also for others being interested):
> So, in my $HOME I always create a "$HOME/bin/" directory into which I
> then link the GRASS GIS startup script (and also other unrelated
> stuff). Hence:
>
> mkdir $HOME/bin/
>
> Then add this line into $HOME/.bashrc (assuming that you use bash shell):
> export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
>
> Next create the link (adapt path as needed):
> ln -s $HOME/where/you/compiled/grass_src/bin.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/grass78
> $HOME/bin/
>
> Now either start a new terminal or execute one time (needed as the
> current terminal only reads $HOME/.bashrc at startup):
> export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
>
> Now you should be able to start
>
> grass78
>
>> I have over 30 years experience with Unix or Linux and I still don't see a startup file. What am I missing?
>
> It is all about having the start scipt in $PATH.
>
> HTH,
> Markus
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