[winGRASS] installation problems!

[Malcolm Blue]

Viktor,

I didn't realize that I had replied directly to you the last time.  I am
redirecting this back to the mailing list.

The tcltkgrass problem looks like another known cygwin bug.  There is a recompiled
version of tcl/tk on the grass ftp site called:
xtcltk8.0.5-CYGWIN_NT-4.0-20010405-1.tar.gz

This version does not have the path conversion problems that caused the error you
describe.  Download that file and install as per the grass binary installation
instructions.  Make sure that /usr/local/bin is in your path.

Cheers,

Malcolm

Toth Viktor wrote:

> Malcolm!
>
> Your help was of uppermost importance and precision, since I managed to
> successfully install the GRASS.
> I'm grateful to you beyond all imaginable borders. Cheers.
> Since you was so helpful (i really appreciate it) can I ask another question?
> I tried to run tcltkgrass5, but the system does not repsonded ("no such
> file or directory").
> What I did wrong?
> Should I install the tcltk files one more time?
> The GRASS manual says that the install file contains the necessary
> tcltkgrass5 files.
> Thanx a lot for you precious help!!!!!
>
> viktor
>
> At 00:11 2001.05.23., you wrote:
> >Viktor,
> >
> >There are a few gotcha's that we have encountered with Cygwin, but I will need
> >more information from you before I (or someone else) can tell you what is
> >happening in your case.  Can you provide more output from the install program?
> >
> >One possibility is that you are trying to run the grass5install.sh script from
> >the root directory.  If so, copy this file and the grass archive to a
> >subdirectory and try it there.  Otherwise, include the output from install,
> >before the error you mentioned.  Even if they don't look like errors, they may
> >have clues as to the problem.
> >
> >Malcolm
> >
> >Viktor Toth wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Everybody!
> > >
> > > I installed the latest Cygwin/XFree (4.0.3), which is by the way looks like
> > > it works perfectly, and than tried to install the GRASS (5.0beta12) which
> > > stopped after installing several files and directories with the following
> > > message - "an error occurred while installing binaries (are you root
> > > user?)!". Since I'm completely new to this things (both Cygwin and GRASS)
> > > can anybody explain me (like to a 4 year old) what I f at cked up during the
> > > install.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > vito
> > >
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