[GRASS-user] Multiple installs of GRASS?
Hi all, So, I know one can have a 'working' GRASS and a 'try-if-you-dare' GRASS on the one computer... a quick web search on how to do multiple grass installs gave me more info on laying turf than on computing though! The GRASS wiki has good info on compiling from source, but didn't see anything clear about how to set up a testing GRASS without it interfering with my existing, functional one. Any tips on where/what to read to get this right? am on ubuntu 10.04, working with GRASS 6.4.1, want to try the 6.4.2RC to check if a few glitches I am aware of have been sorted out. I probably read info about this months/years ago but need to update myself before I blunder on into compiling from source-code! Regards, Shane. ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] Multiple installs of GRASS?
Hi, in fact it's pretty easy to have multiple grass install on your computer: you just need to follow the instructions on http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Compile_and_Install#Ubuntu, and use the --prefix=/opt/grass64 (or whatever you want) on my gentoo box, i have a regular grass-6.4.1, and a compiled 6.4-svn, grass-6.5, and grass-7 without any trouble! cheers, Sylvain 2011/10/13 Shane Litherland litherland-f...@bigpond.com Hi all, So, I know one can have a 'working' GRASS and a 'try-if-you-dare' GRASS on the one computer... a quick web search on how to do multiple grass installs gave me more info on laying turf than on computing though! The GRASS wiki has good info on compiling from source, but didn't see anything clear about how to set up a testing GRASS without it interfering with my existing, functional one. Any tips on where/what to read to get this right? am on ubuntu 10.04, working with GRASS 6.4.1, want to try the 6.4.2RC to check if a few glitches I am aware of have been sorted out. I probably read info about this months/years ago but need to update myself before I blunder on into compiling from source-code! Regards, Shane. ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] Multiple installs of GRASS?
Thanks Paulo, I suspected that was the 'right' way to approach it but was vague on the locations/config. See how I go with it (a weekend project I think). -shane. On Thu, 2011-10-13 at 14:49 +0200, Paulo van Breugel wrote: You can compile your ' working' GRASS in e.g., /usr/local/grass64 and your 'try-out' GRASS in /usr/local/grass70. You do this setting the --prefix option when configuring (e.g., ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/grass64 ...). To be able to run the working and try-out versions by typing respectively grass64 and grass70 on the command line, you copy their executables to the /usr/bin, like below; ln -s /usr/local/grass64/bin/grass64 /usr/bin/ ls -s /usr/local/grass70/bin/grass70 /usr/bin/ Just realized you already have a functional one installed. In that case, just install the try-out version as described above, it should not interfere with the existing one. Cheers, Paulo On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Shane Litherland litherland-f...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi all, So, I know one can have a 'working' GRASS and a 'try-if-you-dare' GRASS on the one computer... a quick web search on how to do multiple grass installs gave me more info on laying turf than on computing though! The GRASS wiki has good info on compiling from source, but didn't see anything clear about how to set up a testing GRASS without it interfering with my existing, functional one. Any tips on where/what to read to get this right? am on ubuntu 10.04, working with GRASS 6.4.1, want to try the 6.4.2RC to check if a few glitches I am aware of have been sorted out. I probably read info about this months/years ago but need to update myself before I blunder on into compiling from source-code! Regards, Shane. ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] Multiple installs of GRASS?
Hi Sylvain, thanks it must be too late at night... I'd had a quick look at that site before but missed the attention dummy, this will work for you I was hoping to see in relation to two installs ;-) -Mind you, after getting a coupla good tips for this, one suggested I need not bother with 2 versions if merely going from 6.4.1 to 6.4.2RC... just upgrade. But maybe it's time I lived on the edge and had a 7.x to tinker with as well... :-) -shane. On Thu, 2011-10-13 at 15:40 +0200, Sylvain Maillard wrote: Hi, in fact it's pretty easy to have multiple grass install on your computer: you just need to follow the instructions on http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Compile_and_Install#Ubuntu, and use the --prefix=/opt/grass64 (or whatever you want) on my gentoo box, i have a regular grass-6.4.1, and a compiled 6.4-svn, grass-6.5, and grass-7 without any trouble! cheers, Sylvain 2011/10/13 Shane Litherland litherland-f...@bigpond.com Hi all, So, I know one can have a 'working' GRASS and a 'try-if-you-dare' GRASS on the one computer... a quick web search on how to do multiple grass installs gave me more info on laying turf than on computing though! The GRASS wiki has good info on compiling from source, but didn't see anything clear about how to set up a testing GRASS without it interfering with my existing, functional one. Any tips on where/what to read to get this right? am on ubuntu 10.04, working with GRASS 6.4.1, want to try the 6.4.2RC to check if a few glitches I am aware of have been sorted out. I probably read info about this months/years ago but need to update myself before I blunder on into compiling from source-code! Regards, Shane. ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
