I'm very new to GRASS-GIS. Many jobs in my field want some level of
familiarity with GIS so, I wanted to get ahead and try seeing if I can learn
a free version of GIS on my own (since I know that non-GRASS GIS systems can
be costly).
I followed along the step-by-step tutorial and had GRASS 7.8 installed.
Everything was fine until I downloaded the NC dataset (using the "location
wizard"). I tried to then start a GRASS session with that data, and all of a
sudden the program closed out. I tried to re-open GRASS, when I was hit with
the following message:
ERROR: Error in GUI startup. See messages above (if any) and if necessary,
please report this error to the GRASS developers.
On systems with package manager, make sure you have the right GUI package,
probably named grass-gui, installed.
To run GRASS GIS in text mode use the --text flag.
Use '--help' for further options
grass78 --help
See also: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/manuals/helptext.html
I tried and tried to download the GUI package, but the websites led me in
circles and nothing was working. I tried the sites recommended, I tried
downloading aptitude in case I was doing anything wrong, but nothing. I'm
pulling my hair out!
I'm really not sure what to do. Technology is not my strong point (heck,
even running R or SAS for classes is still a struggle for me), so I figured
I would turn to asking real people for help, since the websites haven't been
much help for me. Please let me know if I should ask this on a different
part of the forum.
I would really appreciate some help. I've found with computer stuff, there
is no such thing as over-explaining it to me! Thank you very much in
advance.
On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 6:27 PM Kiersten <kiersten.bergquist@siu.edu> wrote:
Hello devs,
I'm very new to GRASS-GIS. Many jobs in my field want some level of
familiarity with GIS so, I wanted to get ahead and try seeing if I can learn
a free version of GIS on my own (since I know that non-GRASS GIS systems can
be costly).
I followed along the step-by-step tutorial and had GRASS 7.8 installed.
Everything was fine until I downloaded the NC dataset (using the "location
wizard"). I tried to then start a GRASS session with that data, and all of a
sudden the program closed out. I tried to re-open GRASS, when I was hit with
the following message:
ERROR: Error in GUI startup. See messages above (if any) and if necessary,
please report this error to the GRASS developers.
On systems with package manager, make sure you have the right GUI package,
probably named grass-gui, installed.
To run GRASS GIS in text mode use the --text flag.
Use '--help' for further options
grass78 --help
See also: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/manuals/helptext.html
I tried and tried to download the GUI package, but the websites led me in
circles and nothing was working. I tried the sites recommended, I tried
downloading aptitude in case I was doing anything wrong, but nothing. I'm
pulling my hair out!
I'm really not sure what to do. Technology is not my strong point (heck,
even running R or SAS for classes is still a struggle for me), so I figured
I would turn to asking real people for help, since the websites haven't been
much help for me. Please let me know if I should ask this on a different
part of the forum.
I would really appreciate some help. I've found with computer stuff, there
is no such thing as over-explaining it to me! Thank you very much in
advance.
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Open Source GIS Developer, GRASS GIS Development Team
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I’m using Windows 10, 64-bit. I used the stand-alone installer for GRASS 7.8, because I was having trouble with the OSGeo4W package. I got 7.8 because it was the newest stable version. I downloaded 7.8.2, again since it was the newest version.
I’ll try deleting the grass directory. In the meantime, if there is any other advice to be offered, please send it my way! I really appreciate all this.
I’m very new to GRASS-GIS. Many jobs in my field want some level of
familiarity with GIS so, I wanted to get ahead and try seeing if I can learn
a free version of GIS on my own (since I know that non-GRASS GIS systems can
be costly).
I followed along the step-by-step tutorial and had GRASS 7.8 installed.
Everything was fine until I downloaded the NC dataset (using the “location
wizard”). I tried to then start a GRASS session with that data, and all of a
sudden the program closed out. I tried to re-open GRASS, when I was hit with
the following message:
ERROR: Error in GUI startup. See messages above (if any) and if necessary,
please report this error to the GRASS developers.
On systems with package manager, make sure you have the right GUI package,
probably named grass-gui, installed.
To run GRASS GIS in text mode use the --text flag.
Use ‘–help’ for further options
grass78 --help
See also: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/manuals/helptext.html
I tried and tried to download the GUI package, but the websites led me in
circles and nothing was working. I tried the sites recommended, I tried
downloading aptitude in case I was doing anything wrong, but nothing. I’m
pulling my hair out!
I’m really not sure what to do. Technology is not my strong point (heck,
even running R or SAS for classes is still a struggle for me), so I figured
I would turn to asking real people for help, since the websites haven’t been
much help for me. Please let me know if I should ask this on a different
part of the forum.
I would really appreciate some help. I’ve found with computer stuff, there
is no such thing as over-explaining it to me! Thank you very much in
advance.
OK, you were having trouble with the OSGeo4W package and the standalone installer version 7.8.2 is giving you this error. To be honest, we don’t have enough information to troubleshoot your problem. ERROR: Error in GUI startup. See messages above (if any) and if necessary, please report this error to the GRASS developers. We don’t have those “messages above”. Do you see more error messages than this? Maybe, you could take a screenshot of your problem?
If this official daily build doesn’t work either, please try my personal daily builds (latest master branch, don’t worry about malicious code here ;-):
I'm using Windows 10, 64-bit. I used the stand-alone installer for GRASS
7.8, because I was having trouble with the OSGeo4W package. I got 7.8
because it was the newest stable version. I downloaded 7.8.2, again since
it was the newest version.
I'll try deleting the grass directory. In the meantime, if there is any
other advice to be offered, please send it my way! I really appreciate all
this.
[EXTERNAL EMAIL ALERT]: Verify sender before opening links or attachments.
OK, you were having trouble with the OSGeo4W package and the standalone installer version 7.8.2 is giving you this error. To be honest, we don’t have enough information to troubleshoot your problem. ERROR: Error in GUI startup. See messages above (if any) and if necessary, please report this error to the GRASS developers. We don’t have those “messages above”. Do you see more error messages than this? Maybe, you could take a screenshot of your problem?
If this official daily build doesn’t work either, please try my personal daily builds (latest master branch, don’t worry about malicious code here ;-):
I’m using Windows 10, 64-bit. I used the stand-alone installer for GRASS 7.8, because I was having trouble with the OSGeo4W package. I got 7.8 because it was the newest stable version. I downloaded 7.8.2, again since it was the newest version.
I’ll try deleting the grass directory. In the meantime, if there is any other advice to be offered, please send it my way! I really appreciate all this.
I’m very new to GRASS-GIS. Many jobs in my field want some level of
familiarity with GIS so, I wanted to get ahead and try seeing if I can learn
a free version of GIS on my own (since I know that non-GRASS GIS systems can
be costly).
I followed along the step-by-step tutorial and had GRASS 7.8 installed.
Everything was fine until I downloaded the NC dataset (using the “location
wizard”). I tried to then start a GRASS session with that data, and all of a
sudden the program closed out. I tried to re-open GRASS, when I was hit with
the following message:
ERROR: Error in GUI startup. See messages above (if any) and if necessary,
please report this error to the GRASS developers.
On systems with package manager, make sure you have the right GUI package,
probably named grass-gui, installed.
To run GRASS GIS in text mode use the --text flag.
Use ‘–help’ for further options
grass78 --help
See also: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/manuals/helptext.html
I tried and tried to download the GUI package, but the websites led me in
circles and nothing was working. I tried the sites recommended, I tried
downloading aptitude in case I was doing anything wrong, but nothing. I’m
pulling my hair out!
I’m really not sure what to do. Technology is not my strong point (heck,
even running R or SAS for classes is still a struggle for me), so I figured
I would turn to asking real people for help, since the websites haven’t been
much help for me. Please let me know if I should ask this on a different
part of the forum.
I would really appreciate some help. I’ve found with computer stuff, there
is no such thing as over-explaining it to me! Thank you very much in
advance.
[EXTERNAL EMAIL ALERT]: Verify sender before opening links or attachments.
OK, you were having trouble with the OSGeo4W package and the standalone installer version 7.8.2 is giving you this error. To be honest, we don’t have enough information to troubleshoot your problem. ERROR: Error in GUI startup. See messages above (if any) and if necessary, please report this error to the GRASS developers. We don’t have those “messages above”. Do you see more error messages than this? Maybe, you could take a screenshot of your problem?
If this official daily build doesn’t work either, please try my personal daily builds (latest master branch, don’t worry about malicious code here ;-):
I’m using Windows 10, 64-bit. I used the stand-alone installer for GRASS 7.8, because I was having trouble with the OSGeo4W package. I got 7.8 because it was the newest stable version. I downloaded 7.8.2, again since it was the newest version.
I’ll try deleting the grass directory. In the meantime, if there is any other advice to be offered, please send it my way! I really appreciate all this.
I’m very new to GRASS-GIS. Many jobs in my field want some level of
familiarity with GIS so, I wanted to get ahead and try seeing if I can learn
a free version of GIS on my own (since I know that non-GRASS GIS systems can
be costly).
I followed along the step-by-step tutorial and had GRASS 7.8 installed.
Everything was fine until I downloaded the NC dataset (using the “location
wizard”). I tried to then start a GRASS session with that data, and all of a
sudden the program closed out. I tried to re-open GRASS, when I was hit with
the following message:
ERROR: Error in GUI startup. See messages above (if any) and if necessary,
please report this error to the GRASS developers.
On systems with package manager, make sure you have the right GUI package,
probably named grass-gui, installed.
To run GRASS GIS in text mode use the --text flag.
Use ‘–help’ for further options
grass78 --help
See also: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/manuals/helptext.html
I tried and tried to download the GUI package, but the websites led me in
circles and nothing was working. I tried the sites recommended, I tried
downloading aptitude in case I was doing anything wrong, but nothing. I’m
pulling my hair out!
I’m really not sure what to do. Technology is not my strong point (heck,
even running R or SAS for classes is still a struggle for me), so I figured
I would turn to asking real people for help, since the websites haven’t been
much help for me. Please let me know if I should ask this on a different
part of the forum.
I would really appreciate some help. I’ve found with computer stuff, there
is no such thing as over-explaining it to me! Thank you very much in
advance.