[GRASS-user] libintl8.dll not found

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Hello,

I need to instal the 6.4.2 version of Grass in my Windows 7. I've done it
from the bin downloaded here
(http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/binary/mswindows/native/) because
downloading the OSGEO4W installer, it installs at least 6.4.3 version.

I install it without problem and I launch the interface too, however, I've
added to the local variables the next entries because I want to use GRASS
commands from the windows console:

Path= C:\Program Files (x86)\GRASS 6.4.2\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\GRASS
6.4.2\scripts;C:\Program Files (x86)\GRASS 6.4.2\lib;C:\Program Files
(x86)\GRASS 6.4.2\extralib;

GISBASE=C:\Program Files (x86)\GRASS 6.4.2;
GISRC= /* My grassrc6 file */

However when I try, for example, to launch a g.list from the console, it
says that libintl8.dll is not found. The web page of winGRASS give a
solution:
http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/WinGRASS_errors#Error_message_.22This_application_has_failed_to_start_because_libintl3.dll_was_not_found.22._.28or_libiconv2.dll_and.2For_regex2.dll.29

But I don't know how to do it. How can I reinstall msys from winGRASS
binary?

Regards.

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hi,

it’s possible that uninstalling and reinstalling GRASS into a directory without whitespaces (e.g.: C:\GRASS) will solve this issue.

cheers,
Levente

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2013/10/16 FNK <pablo.fnk.foncas@gmail.com>

Hello,

I need to instal the 6.4.2 version of Grass in my Windows 7. I’ve done it
from the bin downloaded here
(http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/binary/mswindows/native/) because
downloading the OSGEO4W installer, it installs at least 6.4.3 version.

I install it without problem and I launch the interface too, however, I’ve
added to the local variables the next entries because I want to use GRASS
commands from the windows console:

Path= C:\Program Files (x86)\GRASS 6.4.2\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\GRASS
6.4.2\scripts;C:\Program Files (x86)\GRASS 6.4.2\lib;C:\Program Files
(x86)\GRASS 6.4.2\extralib;

GISBASE=C:\Program Files (x86)\GRASS 6.4.2;
GISRC= /* My grassrc6 file */

However when I try, for example, to launch a g.list from the console, it
says that libintl8.dll is not found. The web page of winGRASS give a
solution:
http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/WinGRASS_errors#Error_message_.22This_application_has_failed_to_start_because_libintl3.dll_was_not_found.22._.28or_libiconv2.dll_and.2For_regex2.dll.29

But I don’t know how to do it. How can I reinstall msys from winGRASS
binary?

Regards.

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I've tried it installing in C:\GRASS642 and it hasn't worked.

Thanks for your help.

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hey,

i’ve found out that GRASS 6 uses unix shell scripts and “MSYS is a collection of GNU utilities such as bash, make, gawk and grep to allow building of applications and programs which depend on traditionally UNIX tools to be present.” So basically that’s why you need it.
If I am right you should install this (http://sourceforge.net/projects/keithmarshall.u/files/mingw-get/mingw-get-setup.exe/download) - or try to select msys package manually from OSGeo4W installer from here (http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/)

Acoording to this ticket (http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ticket/269) it will do the trick.

Also upgrading to GRASS 7 could be a reasonable solution.

cheers,
Levente

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2013/10/16 FNK <pablo.fnk.foncas@gmail.com>

I’ve tried it installing in C:\GRASS642 and it hasn’t worked.

Thanks for your help.

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Hello,

Installing MinGW hasn't solved it. I've installed everything from OSGeo4W,
included GRASS 6.4.3 and now the error is that it doesn't find
libgrass_gis.6.4.3.dll.

My problem is not exactly the same from that ticket because the .dll file
exists in the installation directory but it doesn't find it.

I need to use GRASS 6 becase GRASS 7 is not stable.

Do you have another idea??? Thanks for your help.

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Sorry, the dll that is not found with GRASS 6.4.3 is libintl-8.dll.

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Hi

I can confirm the problem with the libintl8.dll, strange enough across different versions of GRASS 6.4.2, 6.4.3, 6.4.4 both installed via OSGeo4W, GRASS standalone and QGIS standalone installer (QGIS from Jan 2013).
Furthermore the problem occurs also on different windows versions: XP, Vista, and 7. It seems to affect "only" the GUI because also on non-working installations GRASS can be accessed via QGIS...
Sounds like Python-related problems?

Cheers
Stefan

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Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] libintl8.dll not found

Hello,

Installing MinGW hasn't solved it. I've installed everything from OSGeo4W, included GRASS 6.4.3 and now the error is that it doesn't find libgrass_gis.6.4.3.dll.

My problem is not exactly the same from that ticket because the .dll file exists in the installation directory but it doesn't find it.

I need to use GRASS 6 becase GRASS 7 is not stable.

Do you have another idea??? Thanks for your help.

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Hi,

2013/10/17 Blumentrath, Stefan <Stefan.Blumentrath@nina.no>:

I can confirm the problem with the libintl8.dll, strange enough across different versions of GRASS 6.4.2, 6.4.3, 6.4.4 both installed via OSGeo4W, GRASS standalone and QGIS standalone installer (QGIS from Jan 2013).
Furthermore the problem occurs also on different windows versions: XP, Vista, and 7. It seems to affect "only" the GUI because also on non-working installations GRASS can be accessed via QGIS...
Sounds like Python-related problems?

libintl-8 DLL file was part of `msys-grass` OSGeo4W package [1],
recently it has become part of `libintl` [2] package. It's probably
source of the problems.

I have tried to install

* `grass64-dev` package from OSGeo4W, since one of the dependencies is
`libintl` package [3], I didn't encounter any problems - OK
* `grass643` package, same as above, OK
* standalone `grass64-dev` [4], it's packaged from up-to date OSGeo4W
environment, so no problem
* standalone `grass643` [5], packaged before `libintl` package has
been introduced into OSGeo4W framework, start FAILS, anyway DLL
package is available

In summary no problem found expect of standalone grass643 installer,
sorry, I don't know what I could fix for you. please try fresh
OSGeo4W installation or manually install `libintl` package.

Martin

PS: Helmut please could you take a look at standalone 6.4.3 installer?

[1] http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/pkg-grass#Package:msys-grass
[2] http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/release/libintl/
[3] http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/release/grass/grass64-dev/setup.hint
[4] http://wingrass.fsv.cvut.cz/grass64/
[5] http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/binary/mswindows/native/

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