[GRASSweb-list]markus: web/grass5/binary/mac_os_x README.html,1.8,1.9
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Author: markus
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RCS file: /grassrepository/web/grass5/binary/mac_os_x/README.html,v
retrieving revision 1.8
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -d -r1.8 -r1.9
--- README.html 27 Nov 2002 10:33:01 -0000 1.8
+++ README.html 13 Dec 2002 10:03:14 -0000 1.9
@@ -1,34 +1,28 @@
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"><html><head>
-<title>Index of /grass5/binary/mac_os_x</title></head>
-<body bgcolor="#ffffff">
+<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"><html><head><title>Index of /grass5/binary/mac_os_x</title></head><body bgcolor="#ffffff">
<em>Control-Click on the 'grass5install.sh' and choose 'save link to disk'.</em>
-<P>
+<p>
Please use the nearest mirror sites:
-Mirror List: <a href="../../../grass.mirrors.html">grass.mirrors.html</a></pre>
+Mirror List: <a href="http://grass.itc.it/grass.mirrors.html">grass.mirrors.html</a>
-<p>These binaries are distributed in the hope that they will be useful, but WITHOUT<br>
+</p><p>These binaries are distributed in the hope that they will be useful, but WITHOUT<br>
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or<br>
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Installation support for GRASS on<br>
Mac OS X shall be <b>guaranteed</b> to be provided only to <a href="http://openosx.com/grass/">OpenOSX GRASS</a> customers.</p>
<hr>
-<pre>
-This directory contains GRASS GIS 5.0.0 binary code for the Mac OS X 10.2.x
+<pre>This directory contains GRASS GIS 5.0.0 binary code for the Mac OS X 10.2.x
platform. <em>These binaries have ONLY been tested with Mac OS 10.2.1
(current version at the time of writing).</em>
[<a href="#FAQ">NEW FAQ below!</a>]
These binaries have been ported, compiled and contributed by Jeshua Lacock, the
-Owner of <a href="http://openosx.com/">OpenOSX</a>. The fastest and easiest way (<em>by far</em>) to install a complete
+Owner of <a href="http://openosx.com/">OpenOSX</a>. The fastest and easiest way to install a complete
installation of GRASS on Mac OS X is accomplished with OpenOSX's <a href="http://openosx.com/grass/">GRASS
-5.0.0 Package.</a> The OpenOSX Package will install all required and optional
-libraries (<em>more than 20</em>) within minutes by simply double-clicking an icon. All of the
+5.0.0 Package,</a> which will eliminate all the instructions and downloads outlined on this page. All of the
libraries (Xfree, Tcl/TK, Mesa, gdal, etc) have been compiled with gcc 3.1 for at least
a 20% gain in performance over previous versions (which used gcc 2.95).
-The OpenOSX CD will eliminate all the instructions and downloads outlined on this page.
-
Note that <em>in theory</em>, these binaries should <em>only</em> work on Mac OS 10.2.1 or later systems.
<em>All</em> required and optional libraries <em>must</em> be built on Mac OS 10.2.1 or (perhaps) later.
<hr width="100%">
@@ -37,7 +31,8 @@
a) X-Windows:
There are many different ways to install X-Windows. One option is the package from
-OS X GNU, also listed on <a href="http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/xfree86.html">Apple's Mac OS X downloads page</a>
+OS X GNU, also listed on <a href="http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/xfree86.html">Apple's Mac OS X downloads page</a>.
+Another option is <a href="http://fink.sourceforge.net">fink</a>, which can also be used to install the optional libraries (see below).
<a href="http://oroborosx.sourceforge.net/">OroborOSX</a> is a modified X-Window manager that has been modified for native Mac
OS X like features. It requires an installation of X-Free. The site also lists more detailed
@@ -48,13 +43,16 @@
The above files should be moved/copied or downloaded to / (root) and installed
from there:
- % cd \
- % gunzip tcltk8.4_macosX_lib.tar.gz
- % tar -xvf tcltk8.4_macosX_lib.tar.gz
- % gunzip tcltk8.4_macosX_bin.tar.gz
- % tar -xvf tcltk8.4_macosX_bin.tar.gz
+ % cd /
+ % gunzip tcltk_macosX_lib.tar.gz
+ % tar -xvf tcltk_macosX_lib.tar.gz
+ % gunzip tcltkbin_macosX.tar.gz
+ % tar -xvf tcltkbin_macosX.tar.gz
+
+Note that these files contain an older 8.0 version of tcl/tk, so this procedure is not recommended.
-You may also install the complete tcl/tk library with from <a href="http://tcl.sourceforge.net/">http://tcl.sourceforge.net/</a>.
+Whenever possible, install the most recent version the complete tcl/tk library from <a href="http://tcl.sourceforge.net/">http://tcl.sourceforge.net/</a>.
+(It is a convenient Mac OS X install package)
Not that these binaries have been compiled with Tcl/Tk 8.4 and has not been tested with
previous versions.<hr width="100%">
@@ -95,12 +93,12 @@
widgets.tcl.OpenOSX.patch:
cp widgets.tcl.OpenOSX.patch /usr/local/grass5/etc/nviz2.2/scripts/
cd /usr/local/grass5/etc/nviz2.2/scripts/
- patch -p1 < widgets.tcl.OpenOSX.patch
+ patch -p1 < widgets.tcl.OpenOSX.patch
-gui.tcl.MacOSX.TclTk.patch:
- cp gui.tcl.MacOSX.TclTk.patch /usr/local/grass5/tcltkgrass/main/
+gui.tcl.OpenOSX.TclTk.patch:
+ cp gui.tcl.OpenOSX.TclTk.patch /usr/local/grass5/tcltkgrass/main/
cd /usr/local/grass5/tcltkgrass/main
- patch -p1 < gui.tcl.MacOSX.TclTk.patch
+ patch -p1 < gui.tcl.OpenOSX.TclTk.patch
-------
@@ -121,7 +119,8 @@
For some funcionalities of GRASS (e.g. the PNG or GDAL driver) you need to install
additional UNIX-libraries. (All of the optional and required libraries are installed by the
-OpenOSX <a href="http://openosx.com/grass/">GRASS Package</a>). The most recent stable version must be used, and all
+OpenOSX <a href="http://openosx.com/grass/">GRASS Package</a>, or can either be compiled or installed from packages (when available)
+with <a href="http://fink.sourceforge.net">fink.</a>). The most recent stable version must be used, and all
libraries must be built with gcc 3.1. The list of optional libraries and their home pages are:</pre>
<ul>
<li><code>libncurses4.x/5.x (already installed on modern systems)<br>
@@ -159,6 +158,7 @@
<li><code>PostgreSQL libraries (for the PostgreSQL database
interface)<br>
<a href="http://www.postgresql.org/">http://www.postgresql.org</a> <br>
+ NOTE: An easy installation package of postgreSQL for Mac OS X is available from <a href="http://www.entropy.ch">Marc Liyanage</a><br>
</code></li>
<li><code>Unix ODBC (for the ODBC database interface)<br>
<a href="http://www.unixodbc.org/">http://www.unixodbc.org</a> <br>
@@ -173,13 +173,15 @@
</code></li>
<li><code>R language (for the R language interface)<br>
<a href="http://cran.r-project.org/">http://cran.r-project.org</a> <br>
+ NOTE: There is an installation package for OS X, but be sure to install the X11
+version if you want to use it with grass,
+ and NOT the carbon version <br>
</code></li>
<li><code>FreeType2 (for d.text.freetype)<br>
<a href="http://www.freetype.org/">http://www.freetype.org/</a> </code></li>
</ul>
<pre>
-
Note that for packages that need to be compiled, you need the most recent developer tools,
that are provided on the apple website (free registration as developer required)
@@ -210,12 +212,15 @@
lib/tk8.3 /usr/local/grass5/etc/library /usr/local/grass5/library
/usr/local/gra
ss5/tk8.3/library /usr/local/tk8.3/library
+
+ There is, however, an installation of tk8.3 at /usr/X11R6/lib. Where
+ in Mac OSX can I tell the system to look for tk8.3? I don't
+ see it in any of the GRASS startup scripts; I think it's somewhere in
+ OSX.
Answer:
- This probably means that tk wasn't installed properly.
-
Actually, I think that the problem is that the MacOS X version of Tk
locates the files using a "hack" which only works for the supplied
"wish" executable.
@@ -247,10 +252,6 @@
/usr/local/grass5/etc/nviz2.2/../../tk8.3/library
/usr/local/grass5/etc/nviz2.2/../../../tk8.3/library
- There is, however, an installation of tk8.3 at /usr/X11R6/lib. Where
- in Mac OSX can I tell the system to look for tk8.3? I don't
- see it in any of the GRASS startup scripts; I think it's somewhere in
- OSX.
AFAICT, the above behaviour is hard-coded into the tk shared library.
This will work for wish, assuming that both wish and the tk8.3
@@ -345,9 +346,9 @@
<a href="http://openosx.com/grass/">http://OpenOSX.com/grass/</a>
Jeshua Lacock, OpenOSX
-Bug report form: <a href="../../../bugtracking/bugreport.html">go here!</a>.
+Bug report form: <a href="http://grass.itc.it/bugtracking/bugreport.html">go here!</a>.
-Get this <a href="README.html">file.</a>
+Get this <a href="http://grass.itc.it/grass5/binary/mac_os_x/README.html">file.</a>
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