Beta-11.2 installed just fine, but when I started it (just to be sure)
this is what I see:
Starting GRASS ...
/opt/grass5/etc/set_data: error in loading shared libraries:
libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Sure enough, I'm missing the library. Strange. I'll go see if I can find a
package that contains it.
BTW, I modified grass5install.sh because I like to put applications such
as GRASS in /opt rather than /usr/local. Worked just fine -- at that point.

Rich
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Hello Rich
Rich Shepard wrote:
BTW, I modified grass5install.sh because I like to put applications
such as GRASS in /opt rather than /usr/local. Worked just fine -- at
that point. 
Just to let you know, you shouldn't need to edit the grass5install.sh
script. The destination and binary directories can be specified on the
command line. Below I include the usage message for grass5install.sh
Usage: sh grass5install.sh grass_binpackage.tar.gz [dest_dir] [bin_dir]
with:
grass_binpackage : name of GRASS 5 binary package
[dest_dir] - optional: FULL path name to the installation directory
(default: /usr/local/grass5/)
[bin_dir] - optional: FULL path name to the grass binary directory
(default: /usr/local/bin/)
Notes: 1) Only the grass executable file is stored here
2) If you want to change the binary directory only
then you need to specify the destination
directory as well
You may need login as root for installation.
Hope this is helpful on your next installation.
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Bangkok, Thailand
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of us who do. ---Anonymous
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