Hi all, I'm trying to use r.area. For that I need to, of course, install it. As I've never compiled and installed anything before, these questions might be kind of stupid... So I apologize. Yes, I've read http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Compile_and_Install#Compiled_C_modules but although I tried what it asked me to do I didn't get the results I expected. Here is what I tried on OpenSUSE 11.3, 32 bit:
1. Went to the GRASS AddOns Wiki-page (http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_AddOns) and tried to add the various the SVN repository to my repository directories in Yast (the OpenSUSE system tool). Didn't work, which I think is one of those things that everybody'll say "duh" about, but when I say "duh" in this case, it comes from my heart because I'm dumb :P 2. Found the source codes of r.area (consisting of description.html, main.c and Makefile), copied their content into files with matching names in my home directory 3. Followed the instructions on http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Compile_and_Install to compile and install C add-ons (under the assumption that that's correct for r.area - sure looks like it is). Got the following results: - Hoping that the add-on was a binary (I know, I know...), I tried compiling it with make MODULE_TOPDIR=/usr/bin/grass64/ Result: Makefile:11: /usr/bin/grass64//include/Make/Module.make: Not a directory make: *** No rule to make target `/usr/bin/grass64//include/Make/Module.make'. Stop. Okay. The computer spoke Latin to me. Noticing that it's got a path with two slashes right after another after my input, I thought that perhaps it wasn't finding the proper directory and tried it without the slash at the end: make MODULE_TOPDIR=/usr/bin/grass64 Result: Makefile:11: /usr/bin/grass64/include/Make/Module.make: Not a directory make: *** No rule to make target `/usr/bin/grass64/include/Make/Module.make'. Stop. Alright. No more double slash, but for all intents and purposes the same message. So I then tried setting up an alias, not because I understand what that means but because it was also suggested on the page: alias gmake64='make MODULE_TOPDIR=/usr/bin/grass64/' Computer seemed to like this and gave no reply. However, the next line was ready, so I guess the alias was set up. Then I tried installing it: make MODULE_TOPDIR=/usr/bin/grass64/ install Result: Makefile:11: /usr/bin/grass64//include/Make/Module.make: Not a directory make: *** No rule to make target `/usr/bin/grass64//include/Make/Module.make'. Stop. Obviously I'm doing something wrong. Thinking that I might be dealing with source code that still needed to be prepared, I entered: ./configure To which my computer replied: bash: ./configure: No such file or directory No luck. Can anybody help me? I know this is a relatively simple question, but I don't seem to be able to make anything of the online help texts. Thanks!! Best, Daniel -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/Installing-r-area-tp5340139p5340139.html Sent from the Grass - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user