B. Acquisition/Installation of GRASS4.1.5 Binaries
This appendix describes how to acquire and install Linux binaries for GRASS4.15 (the 5th and last update to the last full release of GRASS, version 4.1).
How to get these files:
ftp moon.cecer.army.mil login: anonymous password: your email address cd pub/grass/grass4.1/release/binaries/linux image mget linuxa* bye Installation instructions: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Files in this release: README_4.1.5 what you are currently reading install.sh simple grass installation script linuxaa --------| linuxab | linuxac | linuxad | linuxae |-- the linux GRASS binaries, version 4.1.5 linuxaf | linuxag | linuxah | linuxai --------| * * * * * * * * * * *** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The GRASS4.15 for Linux was compiled in my Linux box with the following configuration: Slackware 3.0 kernel 1.2.13 gcc 2.7.0 libc 5.0.9 flex 3.5.2 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IMPORTANT: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ THE LINUX GRASS 4.15 BINARIES ONLY WORK ON ELF-LINUX. THE BINARIES MAY NOT WORK WITH EARLY VERSION OF KERNEL AND/OR GCC AND FLEX. The binaries was tared and gziped, then split into 9 (close to 1.3 MB - 1200 x 1K block) files named from linuxg.aa to linuxg.ai. You should ftp all the linuxg.a* in binary mode and also get this readme file and an installation script - install.sh. Please put all of these files in the same directory - source directory. At the source directory under the UNIX prompt, type sh ./install.sh full_path_to_the_destination_directory and it should automatically unzip and untar the linuxg.a* files to the destination directory and also edit several site-specific files. The total space your need is about 26 MB. At the destination directory, your can find the grass4.1 script. It should have been modified to reflect your installation directory. Now, either move/copy the grass4.1 file to one of your PATH or use the link command as below: cd /usr/local/bin ln -s destination_directory/etc/grass4.1 grass4.1 Now, you are ready to start GRASS by typing grass4.1 and you should know how to run GRASS afterward. There is a readme directory in the destination_directory/etc directory. This directory has several readme files that come with some incoming commands. You can find all the compiled commands of this binaries in the commands.readme file. I can't guarantee that all of them work but I have tested lots of them. If you find some commands that don't work, please post a message on the grass user group and we can solve it all together. Yung-Tsung Kang, Michigan State University |