[GRASS-user] Installing addons in GRASS 8.2.0 - Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS

[Mario_Reyes]

Hi,

I want to install the r.clip addon in Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS. I am using GRASS 8.2.0, installed from https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntugis/+archive/ubuntu/ppa. I also installed svn and grass-dev. When I use g.extension I get the following error:

g.extension r.clip
/usr/lib/grass82/scripts/g.extension:167: DeprecationWarning: The distutils package is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.12. Use setuptools or check PEP 632 for potential alternatives
  from distutils.dir_util import copy_tree
Fetching <r.clip> from GRASS GIS Addons repository (be patient)...
svn: E170013: Unable to connect to a repository at URL '[https://github.com/OSGeo/grass-addons/branches/grass8/src/raster/r.clip](https://github.com/OSGeo/grass-addons/branches/grass8/src/raster/r.clip)'
svn: E160013: '/OSGeo/grass-addons/branches/grass8/src/raster/r.clip' path not found
ERROR: GRASS Addons <r.clip> not found

Do you know what the problem is?

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Mario Reyes

[echoix]

Hi!

This problem seems to have been fixed proactively 10 months ago in https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/2895 and released in Grass 8.3.0 on June 24. 2023.

GitHub announced last year that it was sunsetting SVN protocol access, and has been sunset on January 8 2024. So it’s expected that the installation using an now in existing url won’t work.

[

Sunsetting Subversion support github.blog

](https://github.blog/2023-01-20-sunsetting-subversion-support/)

[

Subversion has been sunset github.blog

](https://github.blog/changelog/2024-01-08-subversion-has-been-sunset/)

Apart from using 8.3.0+, like from https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugis/+archive/ubuntu/ubuntugis-unstable, I don’t remember the specific workaround to specify an alternative url that won’t use the SVN code path for code stored in GitHub.
Can someone step in?

Edouard Choinière

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Mario Reyes

[veroandreo]

Hola Mario,

You could download the r.clip folder to your disk and install the extension using the path to the folder. Something like: g.extension extension=r.clip url=path/to/folder/r.clip

hth,
Vero

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Mario Reyes

Dra. Verónica Andreo
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Instituto Gulich (CONAE - UNC)

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https://veroandreo.gitlab.io/

[Mario_Reyes]

Hello Veronica and Edoardo:

Thanks for your help. I know now that it’s not possible to install GRASS addons with g.extension in 8.2. The workaround provided by Veronica is what I need. Thanks!

Best Regards,

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Mario Reyes

Dra. Verónica Andreo
Investigadora Adjunta de CONICET

Instituto Gulich (CONAE - UNC)

Centro Espacial Teófilo Tabanera (CETT)

Falda del Cañete - Córdoba, Argentina

+54 3547 400000 int. 1153
https://veroandreo.gitlab.io/

Mario Reyes