On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 5:03 PM, Helmut Kudrnovsky <hel...@web.de> wrote:
> >The guide is there but I don't want to see the user struggling with > unpacking tar.bz2 on MS Window. zip or 7z would be helpful. > > 7zip can unzip and untar tar.bz2. so if you have installed 7zip, you can do > this. > > Excellent. I was not aware of that. Added to the wiki. http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/WinGRASS_errors#The_GRASS_GIS_.28winGRASS.29_exits_immediately_after_I_start_it.21 > >The package is >12 MB, so size is the issue? > > I would say manpower; there are 1-2 persons maintaining OSGeo4W base > packages. > > > I can understand that. Since 7-Zip (which is open source) can handle it, I don't see any problem with tar.bz2 (especially when it is now noted in the guide). http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/WinGRASS_errors#The_GRASS_GIS_.28winGRASS.29_exits_immediately_after_I_start_it.21 > > ----- > best regards > Helmut > -- > View this message in context: > http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Installing-MS-DLLs-failed-because-of-404-tp5149036p5149095.html > Sent from the Grass - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > grass-dev mailing list > grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev >
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