[GRASS-dev] Issues installing GRASS 7.0 from Ubuntu PPA

Isaac_Ullah · November 20, 2014, 12:30am

Hi all,

I’ve been trying to get GRASS7 installed on several machines running Xubuntu 14.04, with no success. These are fresh installs of the OS, so there should be no cruft complicating install. I’m installing from the “GRASS-stable” ubuntu PPA repository, and am indeed following all the procedures. GRASS seems to install okay, but there are major issues when I try to run it. First, wx-gui dies on start with the following error message:

···

Isaac I Ullah, Ph.D.

Arizona State University
School of Human Evolution and Social Change
PO Box 2402
Tempe, AZ 85287-2402
(480) 727-1054 office
(650) 201-0479 cell
iullah@asu.edu

Isaac_Ullah · November 20, 2014, 12:36am

Sorry, premature send! Here’s the error message:

Launching GUI in the background, please wait…
[Raster MASK present]
GRASS 7.0.0 (Exp3):~ > Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/grass70/gui/wxpython/wxgui.py”, line 140, in
sys.exit(main())
File “/usr/lib/grass70/gui/wxpython/wxgui.py”, line 133, in main
app = GMApp(workspaceFile)
File “/usr/lib/grass70/gui/wxpython/wxgui.py”, line 48, in init
wx.App.init(self, False)
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_core.py”, line 7981, in init
self._BootstrapApp()
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_core.py”, line 7555, in _BootstrapApp
return core.PyApp__BootstrapApp(*args, **kwargs)
File “/usr/lib/grass70/gui/wxpython/wxgui.py”, line 82, in OnInit
workspace = self.workspaceFile)
File “/usr/lib/grass70/gui/wxpython/lmgr/frame.py”, line 93, in init
grassVersion = grass.version()[‘version’]
File “/usr/lib/grass70/etc/python/grass/script/core.py”, line 1467, in version
data = parse_command(‘g.version’, flags=‘rge’)
File “/usr/lib/grass70/etc/python/grass/script/core.py”, line 465, in parse_command
res = read_command(*args, **kwargs)
File “/usr/lib/grass70/etc/python/grass/script/core.py”, line 425, in read_command
return handle_errors(returncode, stdout, args, kwargs)
File “/usr/lib/grass70/etc/python/grass/script/core.py”, line 308, in handle_errors
returncode=returncode)
grass.exceptions.CalledModuleError: Module run None [‘g.version’, ‘-rge’] ended with error
Process ended with non-zero return code -11. See errors in the (error) output.

I still have a GRASS session in the terminal, and can run some grass commands, but not others. For example, “g.region -p” is fine, but “g.mremove” give the following error:

g.mremove: command not found

The strange thing is that about a month ago, I was able to install a perfectly working version of GRASS7 on a similar computer with no issues (other than the apparently ineffectual error with g.version). I’ve tried this on three separate computers, and all have the same problem. I’ve tried installing all the dev packages I could think of (for example, all wx python dev libraries), but nothing seems to help.

Any ideas what’s going on? What can I do?

~Isaac

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On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Isaac Ullah <isaac.ullah@asu.edu> wrote:

Hi all,

I’ve been trying to get GRASS7 installed on several machines running Xubuntu 14.04, with no success. These are fresh installs of the OS, so there should be no cruft complicating install. I’m installing from the “GRASS-stable” ubuntu PPA repository, and am indeed following all the procedures. GRASS seems to install okay, but there are major issues when I try to run it. First, wx-gui dies on start with the following error message:

–

Isaac I Ullah, Ph.D.

Arizona State University
School of Human Evolution and Social Change
PO Box 2402
Tempe, AZ 85287-2402
(480) 727-1054 office
(650) 201-0479 cell
iullah@asu.edu

–

Isaac I Ullah, Ph.D.

Arizona State University
School of Human Evolution and Social Change
PO Box 2402
Tempe, AZ 85287-2402
(480) 727-1054 office
(650) 201-0479 cell
iullah@asu.edu

wenzeslaus · November 20, 2014, 2:52am

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Isaac Ullah <isaac.ullah@asu.edu> wrote:

Sorry, premature send! Here's the error message:

Launching <wxpython> GUI in the background, please wait...
[Raster MASK present]
GRASS 7.0.0 (Exp3):~ > Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/grass70/gui/wxpython/wxgui.py", line 140, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/usr/lib/grass70/gui/wxpython/wxgui.py", line 133, in main
    app = GMApp(workspaceFile)
  File "/usr/lib/grass70/gui/wxpython/wxgui.py", line 48, in __init__
    wx.App.__init__(self, False)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_core.py",
line 7981, in __init__
    self._BootstrapApp()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_core.py",
line 7555, in _BootstrapApp
    return _core_.PyApp__BootstrapApp(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/grass70/gui/wxpython/wxgui.py", line 82, in OnInit
    workspace = self.workspaceFile)
  File "/usr/lib/grass70/gui/wxpython/lmgr/frame.py", line 93, in __init__
    grassVersion = grass.version()['version']
  File "/usr/lib/grass70/etc/python/grass/script/core.py", line 1467, in
version
    data = parse_command('g.version', flags='rge')
  File "/usr/lib/grass70/etc/python/grass/script/core.py", line 465, in
parse_command
    res = read_command(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/grass70/etc/python/grass/script/core.py", line 425, in
read_command
    return handle_errors(returncode, stdout, args, kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/grass70/etc/python/grass/script/core.py", line 308, in
handle_errors
    returncode=returncode)
grass.exceptions.CalledModuleError: Module run None ['g.version', '-rge']
ended with error
Process ended with non-zero return code -11. See errors in the (error)
output.

This relates to problems with g.version (#2351) and new, more strict error
handling (#2326). I tried to fix g.version in r61589 but I'm not sure if I
was successful, now it seems that I was not. I'm also not sure what r62747
changed in g.version checks. (Note: Both changes are backported to release
branch 7.0.)

At least the error handling now gives us the idea about what's happening.
-11 means segmentation fault on Ubuntu AFAIK, so it is really related to
#2351.

I changed the error handling to "ignore" in r62822 (and backported). It
reintroduces the original behavior before #2326. Although it might be
appropriate in this case, the better solution would be to fix g.version as
r61589 was trying to do.

https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/2351
https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/2326
https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/61589 (
https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/61683)
https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/62747 (
https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/62748)
https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/62822 (
https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/62823)

I still have a GRASS session in the terminal, and can run some grass
commands, but not others. For example, "g.region -p" is fine, but
"g.mremove" give the following error:

g.mremove: command not found

Note that g.mremove was recently replaced g.remove. See Trac wiki for

details:

https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass7/NewFeatures#Renamedmodules

The strange thing is that about a month ago, I was able to install a
perfectly working version of GRASS7 on a similar computer with no issues
(other than the apparently ineffectual error with g.version). I've tried
this on three separate computers, and all have the same problem. I've tried
installing all the dev packages I could think of (for example, all wx
python dev libraries), but nothing seems to help.

Any ideas what's going on? What can I do?

There is something strange happening with packaging, the self-compiled

version does not suffer from g.version issues.

Vaclav

~Isaac

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Isaac Ullah <isaac.ullah@asu.edu> wrote:

Hi all,

I've been trying to get GRASS7 installed on several machines running
Xubuntu 14.04, with no success. These are fresh installs of the OS, so
there should be no cruft complicating install. I'm installing from the
"GRASS-stable" ubuntu PPA repository, and am indeed following all the
procedures. GRASS seems to install okay, but there are major issues when I
try to run it. First, wx-gui dies on start with the following error message:

--
Isaac I Ullah, Ph.D.

Arizona State University
School of Human Evolution and Social Change
PO Box 2402
Tempe, AZ 85287-2402
(480) 727-1054 office
(650) 201-0479 cell
iullah@asu.edu

--
Isaac I Ullah, Ph.D.

Arizona State University
School of Human Evolution and Social Change
PO Box 2402
Tempe, AZ 85287-2402
(480) 727-1054 office
(650) 201-0479 cell
iullah@asu.edu

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Isaac_Ullah · November 20, 2014, 4:37pm

Vaclav,

Thank you for your response, it is very helpful! So, the upshot is that the current version packaged for Ubuntu in the PPA has the broken g.version, which somehow prevents the GUI from rendering. This is just in the PPA version, but the compiled version should be fine. So my current options are to roll back to an earlier version, compile the current version from source, or to run GRASS headless for the moment (no issue for me) until the problem is fixed (I assume at least by when 7.0 stable is released?).

Also, thanks for letting me know about g.mremove. I didn’t know about that! I am currently porting some of my addon modules to 7, so I will change their map clean up routines to use the new functionality of g.remove. Goes to show that I ought to pay more attention to the roadmap!

~Isaac

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On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Vaclav Petras <wenzeslaus@gmail.com> wrote:

–

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Isaac Ullah <isaac.ullah@asu.edu> wrote:

Sorry, premature send! Here’s the error message:

Launching GUI in the background, please wait…
[Raster MASK present]
GRASS 7.0.0 (Exp3):~ > Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/grass70/gui/wxpython/wxgui.py”, line 140, in
sys.exit(main())
File “/usr/lib/grass70/gui/wxpython/wxgui.py”, line 133, in main
app = GMApp(workspaceFile)
File “/usr/lib/grass70/gui/wxpython/wxgui.py”, line 48, in init
wx.App.init(self, False)
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_core.py”, line 7981, in init
self._BootstrapApp()
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_core.py”, line 7555, in _BootstrapApp
return core.PyApp__BootstrapApp(*args, **kwargs)
File “/usr/lib/grass70/gui/wxpython/wxgui.py”, line 82, in OnInit
workspace = self.workspaceFile)
File “/usr/lib/grass70/gui/wxpython/lmgr/frame.py”, line 93, in init
grassVersion = grass.version()[‘version’]
File “/usr/lib/grass70/etc/python/grass/script/core.py”, line 1467, in version
data = parse_command(‘g.version’, flags=‘rge’)
File “/usr/lib/grass70/etc/python/grass/script/core.py”, line 465, in parse_command
res = read_command(*args, **kwargs)
File “/usr/lib/grass70/etc/python/grass/script/core.py”, line 425, in read_command
return handle_errors(returncode, stdout, args, kwargs)
File “/usr/lib/grass70/etc/python/grass/script/core.py”, line 308, in handle_errors
returncode=returncode)
grass.exceptions.CalledModuleError: Module run None [‘g.version’, ‘-rge’] ended with error
Process ended with non-zero return code -11. See errors in the (error) output.

This relates to problems with g.version (#2351) and new, more strict error handling (#2326). I tried to fix g.version in r61589 but I’m not sure if I was successful, now it seems that I was not. I’m also not sure what r62747 changed in g.version checks. (Note: Both changes are backported to release branch 7.0.)

At least the error handling now gives us the idea about what’s happening. -11 means segmentation fault on Ubuntu AFAIK, so it is really related to #2351.

I changed the error handling to “ignore” in r62822 (and backported). It reintroduces the original behavior before #2326. Although it might be appropriate in this case, the better solution would be to fix g.version as r61589 was trying to do.

https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/2351
https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/2326
https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/61589 (https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/61683)
https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/62747 (https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/62748)
https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/62822 (https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/62823)

I still have a GRASS session in the terminal, and can run some grass commands, but not others. For example, “g.region -p” is fine, but “g.mremove” give the following error:

g.mremove: command not found

Note that g.mremove was recently replaced g.remove. See Trac wiki for details:

https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass7/NewFeatures#Renamedmodules

The strange thing is that about a month ago, I was able to install a perfectly working version of GRASS7 on a similar computer with no issues (other than the apparently ineffectual error with g.version). I’ve tried this on three separate computers, and all have the same problem. I’ve tried installing all the dev packages I could think of (for example, all wx python dev libraries), but nothing seems to help.

Any ideas what’s going on? What can I do?

There is something strange happening with packaging, the self-compiled version does not suffer from g.version issues.

Vaclav

~Isaac

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On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Isaac Ullah <isaac.ullah@asu.edu> wrote:

Hi all,

I’ve been trying to get GRASS7 installed on several machines running Xubuntu 14.04, with no success. These are fresh installs of the OS, so there should be no cruft complicating install. I’m installing from the “GRASS-stable” ubuntu PPA repository, and am indeed following all the procedures. GRASS seems to install okay, but there are major issues when I try to run it. First, wx-gui dies on start with the following error message:

–

Isaac I Ullah, Ph.D.

Arizona State University
School of Human Evolution and Social Change
PO Box 2402
Tempe, AZ 85287-2402
(480) 727-1054 office
(650) 201-0479 cell
iullah@asu.edu

–

Isaac I Ullah, Ph.D.

Arizona State University
School of Human Evolution and Social Change
PO Box 2402
Tempe, AZ 85287-2402
(480) 727-1054 office
(650) 201-0479 cell
iullah@asu.edu

Isaac I Ullah, Ph.D.

Arizona State University
School of Human Evolution and Social Change
PO Box 2402
Tempe, AZ 85287-2402
(480) 727-1054 office
(650) 201-0479 cell
iullah@asu.edu

neteler · November 20, 2014, 4:56pm

On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Isaac Ullah <isaac.ullah@asu.edu> wrote:

So my current options
are to roll back to an earlier version, compile the current version from
source,

Yes, this is the most efficient ways I suppose, see:

http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Compile_and_Install_Ubuntu

Should be doable in < 10 min

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