Hey Marco ! This rocks... Introduction to GIS will be MUCH simpler with this...
Thanks! Yann On 11/03/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I just finished to prepare and test the installer of WinGRASS-6.3.0RC5; I > guessed to finished it two or three days ago, but I had some unexpected > problems to fix; > BTW, I have some other thinhs to explain, so, let's come with order > > 1) I updated the Building Guide with instructions on how to create a self > contained package; see http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/BuildingOnWindows > > 2) I made a document that explain the content and usage of pre-released > http://grass.fsv.cvut.cz/wiki/data/MSYS_Environment_080303.zip > <http://grass.fsv.cvut.cz/wiki/data/MSYS_Environment_080303.zip> > I uploaded it to > http://www.webalice.it/marco.pasetti/grass/MSYS_Environment_080303_README.txt > > 3) WinGRASS Installer: > > I temporarily uploaded it to > http://www.laser4000.it/temp/WinGRASS-6.3.0RC5-Setup.exe > Please, someone could upload it to a GRASS server space? thanks > > Now let's come to the installer: > > 3.1) Unfortunately, I didn't complete all the things I planned to do, that > is it still doesn't support installation paths containing blanks; if you > select a path with blanks, the installer detects it and abort install. > Actually, I preferred to not completely abort install process, but simply > ask to re-entry the install path, but the installer script language (NSIS) > doesn't support this feature; so, when you select a path with blanks and > press "proceed" button, it display a warning message asking to "not select > paths with blanks" and the aborts installation. It a minor problem, but I > would feel better if I solved it.... > > 3.2) Installation procedure dinamically creates three different files, in > order to reflect installation path selected by user: > > - grass63, to let start GRASS from MSYS console) > - .grassrc6, to avoid usual error message at first GRASS launch > - grass63.bat > > 3.3) Installer creates a complete "standard" windows installation, with > registry key entries, shortcuts (desktop and menu) and automated uninstall > procedure. If you also access "add/remove programs" menu, you can see GRASS > install informations item. About shortcuts, installer automaticallt creates: > > - Start menu GRASS folder with link to grass63.bat and msys.bat > - Desktop link to grass63.bat > > 3.4) During install procedure you can also select to download and install > Spearfish sample database. By the way, standard procedure sets the prebuilt > "demolocation" as standard location. > > 3.5) Final notes: I tested it, also in the uninstall procedure, and it works > fine for me (NVIZ included, with Tcl-Tk 8.5.1 support). > I also added a README.txt file, please read it and tell me if I made errors. > I post its content (that also describes the content on this GRASS release) > > GRASS 6.3.0RC5 - Technology preview release candidate 5 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > INTRODUCTION: > ------------------------ > GRASS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) is a free, open source > Geographical information system (GIS) capable of handling raster, > topological vector, image processing, and graphic data. > GRASS is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). The GRASS > Development Team is a multi-national group consisting of developers at > numerous locations. GRASS is one of the eight initial Software Projects of > the Open Source Geospatial Foundation. > GRASS GIS main web site: http://grass.osgeo.org/ <http://grass.osgeo.org/> > > WinGRASS: > ----------------- > WinGRASS is a GRASS Development Team Project, concerning Windows Native > Binary porting of latest technology previews of GRASS 6.3.0. > The current release, based on GRASS 6.3.0RC5 (Technology preview release > candidate 5), has been built on a i686 machine under MinGW environment. > WinGRASS contains parts of the following open source softwares and > libraries: > > Software/library (release): > > - MSYS (1.0.11) > - Flex (2.5.4a-1) > - Bison (2.1) > - Zlib (1.2.3) > - Libpng (1.2.24) > - Libtiff (3.8.2) > - Xdr (4.0) > - Freetype (2.3.5) > - FFTW (3.1.2) > - PDCurses (3.3) > - PROJ.4 (4.6.0) > - GEOS (2.2.3) > - PostgreSQL (8.2.6) > - SQLite (3.5.6) > - GDAL (1.5.0) * > - Tcl/Tk (8.5.1) > > *with GEOS, PostgreSQL and SQlite support enabled > > All the previous softwares and libraries have been built from sources on a > i686 machine under MinGW environment, with the exception of MSYS, provided > by MinGW Project on SourceForge.NET (http://www.mingw.org/msys.shtml > <http://www.mingw.org/msys.shtml> ), and Flex and Bison, provided by > GnuWin32 Project on SourceForge.NET (http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/ > <http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/> ). > > The current release of GRASS 6.3.0RC5 has been built with the following > configuration: > > GRASS is now configured for: i686-pc-mingw32 > Source directory: /usr/local/src/grass-6.3.0RC5 > Build directory: /usr/local/src/grass-6.3.0RC5 > Installation directory: ${prefix}/grass-6.3.0RC5 > Startup script in directory: ${exec_prefix}/bin > C compiler: gcc -g -O2 > C++ compiler: c++ -g -O2 > Building shared libraries: yes > 64bit support: no > OpenGL platform: Windows > NVIZ: yes > BLAS support: no > C++ support: yes > DWG support: no > FFMPEG support: no > FFTW support: yes > FreeType support: yes > GDAL support: yes > GLw support: no > JPEG support: no > LAPACK support: no > Large File Support (LFS): yes > Motif support: no > MySQL support: no > NLS support: no > ODBC support: no > OGR support: yes > OpenGL support: yes > PNG support: yes > PostgreSQL support: yes > Python support: no > Readline support: no > SQLite support: yes > Tcl/Tk support: yes > wxWidgets support: no > TIFF support: yes > X11 support: no > MacOSX application: no > > All builds are provided by Marco Pasetti. > Information on how to build GRASS from source code on Windows under MinGW > environment are available at > http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/BuildingOnWindows > <http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/BuildingOnWindows> > > WinGRASS Installer: > ------------------------------ > WinGRASS Installer has been made using the OpenSource NSIS (Nullsoft > Scriptable Install System) software - http://nsis.sourceforge.net > <http://nsis.sourceforge.net> > NSIS script provided by Marco Pasetti > > Thats all. I hope you like it ;-) > > Marco > _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
