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I installed the native Windows version of GRASS 6.3 cvs. Can I run GEM 1.0 with this version or do I need to install Cygwin and use an earlier version of GRASS? If yes, which version of GEM can I install and is there docu available?
Thanks,
Stefaan
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On 12/12/06 13:47, Stefaan Vande Walle wrote:
Question for GRASS user mailing list
I installed the native Windows version of GRASS 6.3 cvs. Can I run GEM 1.0 with this version or do I need to install Cygwin and use an earlier version of GRASS? If yes, which version of GEM can I install and is there docu available?
I imagine you are speaking of the version from http://geni.ath.cx/grass.html ?
I don't think anyone has tried to use GEM with this. So if you want to be the first alpha tester you are more than welcome.
This wingrass version is highly experimental and actually disfunctional for a series of tasks. Paul Kelly is currently busy trying to make the GRASS code more windows friendly, but until this is done, any work with the native version is recommended only for people who want to help debug issues.
Moritz
Indeed, that's a very interesting question.
GEM itself is just ANSI C, so if you have a C compiler and
Maketools running on your windows box, then making a Win32 GEM
binary should be not much of a problem. You can, e.g. use
the source code from my webpage:
http://www.uni-kiel.de/ufg/dateienDucke/gem-1.0.1.tar.gz
GEM DOES make heavy use of typical Unix commands, such as
cp, rm etc., as it uses a scaled-down version of the GRASS
make files to compile and install extension source code.
And that stuff is full of Unix (sh) scripts.
So I imagine, you would need some shell replacement under
Windows (msys?) for sure.
GEM works fine with GRASS 6.3.
HOWEVER, I have never tested GEM on a native windows
platform.
Believe it or not, but I have not used Windows for the last
ten years, am not running a Windows system and hope I will
never have to 
So I don't really have any expertise to develop and/or test
native Win32 versions of GEM.
I'd be more than interested to get information on this
from anyone.
Best,
Benjamin
Stefaan Vande Walle wrote:
Question for GRASS user mailing list
I installed the native Windows version of GRASS 6.3 cvs. Can I run GEM
1.0 with this version or do I need to install Cygwin and use an earlier
version of GRASS? If yes, which version of GEM can I install and is
there docu available?Thanks,
Stefaan--Lic. Stefaan Vande Walle
SADL - Spatial Applications Division Leuven
Vital Decosterstraat 102, 3000 Leuven
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