[winGRASS] ps.map unable to find component

[Marshall Feldman]

Hello,

I’ve installed Grass 6.0.0-2 for cygwin on two systems, one with Windows XP
Pro and the other with Windows XP x64 edition. On each system, I follow the
instructions in
http://mpa.itc.it/markus/osg05/neteler_grass6_nutshell2005.pdf. In both
cases, I get as far as clicking the “Enter GRASS” button (p. 11). Both
systems give the error message that ps.map is unable to find a component.
Yet the substance of the message differs between systems.

On the 32-bit system, the message says it cannot find
libgrass_gis.6.1.cvs.dll. On the 64-bit system, it says it cannot find
pq.dll.

I did as much investigating as I could. A post by Isaac Ullah on 14 Nov 2005
mentions the pq.dll problem
(http://grass.itc.it/pipermail/wingrass/2005-November/000862.html). He ties
it to postgresql 7.4.*, which has been supplanted by postgresql 8.*. On 16
Nov 2005, Jürgen Mischker said that since upgrading to 6.1cvs he always gets
this problem. This may be what's happening with my installation too. Because
of the problem on the 32-bit system, after doing the standard install on the
64-bit system I followed the "Alternative Installation" instructions at
http://geni.ath.cx/grass.html#toc6, thinking this might override any
problems with the stock install. After finishing I noticed its for the
6.1cvs version instead of the 6.0.0-2 version. Apparently the problem with
6.1cvs is not fixed.

Can anyone suggest remedies to either problem?

Thanks.

	Marshall Feldman

Dr. Marshall Feldman
Acting Director of Research and Academic Affairs
Center for Urban Studies and Research 
The University of Rhode Island
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