[GRASSLIST:1560] GRASS on PowerPC

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GRASS users:

I received an e-mail and phone call from Lyle Browning, who is trying to
install the PowerPC version of GRASS. The directions at
ftp://intevation.de/freegis/ are a bit vague. I am sending this request
for help on behalf of Lyle (lebrowning@worldnet.att.net). He wants to
know what all he needs to download and what to expect. At this point,
he receives a "real time player error". The following is his original
e-mail:
--
Hello,

Having seen that GRASS works on the Power PC platform, I
downloaded the 4.3 version and can't get it to do anything,
completely unrecognizable, etc.

What do I need to do to get this program up and running on
my Powerbook G3?

Thanks in advance.

Lyle
--
Thanks,
Lisa

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Hi Lisa, Hi Lyle:

On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 10:43:23AM -0600, Lisa Zygo wrote:

I received an e-mail and phone call from Lyle Browning, who is trying to
install the PowerPC version of GRASS.
The directions at
ftp://intevation.de/freegis/ are a bit vague.

This is true, it is only our developer ftp server for updates
of the FreeGIS-CD content and mainly for people who already have the CD.

The FreeGIS-CD documentation is also online at:
  http://freegis.org/FreeGIS_CD/freegis_cd.en.html

Check:
  http://freegis.org/FreeGIS_CD/requirements.en.html
  http://freegis.org/FreeGIS_CD/installation.en.html
  http://freegis.org/FreeGIS_CD/grass.en.html

The CD is for people having a running GNU/Linux Systems already installed.
It was tested with: RedHat, SuSE , Debian 'potato' and LinuxPPC 2000

I am sending this request
for help on behalf of Lyle (lebrowning@worldnet.att.net). He wants to
know what all he needs to download and what to expect.

A running GNU/Linux System has to be installed on the machine.
If you do not know what this is, it will probably not be something
you want to try out, unless you are very adventurours.
  (http://www.penguinppc.org/)

At this point,
he receives a "real time player error".

It is a problem with his ftp Browser.
It assumes that the .rpm suffix is a real-player file.
You can usuablly download and save the link directly. (Right mouse
button menu in netscape)

But without running GNU/Linux for ppc it does not help to have the
rpm anyway.

Best,
  Bernhard

The following is his original
e-mail:
--
Hello,

Having seen that GRASS works on the Power PC platform, I
downloaded the 4.3 version and can't get it to do anything,
completely unrecognizable, etc.

What do I need to do to get this program up and running on
my Powerbook G3?

--
Professional Service around Free Software (intevation.net)
The FreeGIS Project (freegis.org)
Association for a Free Informational Infrastructure (ffii.org)
FSF Europe (fsfeurope.org)

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I am running GRASS 5.0b7 on a mac 9500 running LinuxPPC. It works
fine for me. I think the problem is that you are trying to run it
under Mac OS 9 (8.x). Won't work. There have been some reports on
success compiling it to run under Mac OS X, but that OS doesn't
even come out officially for another two weeks.

I would suggest getting a copy of LinuxPPC (or Yellow Dog) and
installing it on a partition on your powerbook. Then download the
latest 5.0 version and start the compile process. It isn't the
simplest thing to do, but it works, and GRASS runs great on it.

I didn't know that there was a ppc.rpm binary out there. Is there?

Brian

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Not having worked outside the Mac environment for years and
having mostly and thankfully forgotten the trials and
tribulations of working out downloads and installations more

difficult than double clicking, I think I'm mostly up to
speed on the GRASS/Mac issues. Indeed I was trying to run it
directly on a G3 Powerbook with system 9.0.4 which the
specs appeared to indicate might work. Now I know that Linux
or similar is required. I am also told that 5.0b will run
native on Mac System X. Hopefully that will work and I can
avoid reformatting and partitioning my hard drive.

Please consider the following absurdly Newbie
question/problem: I have about 2500 artifacts from an
excavation for which x,y coordinates were taken. I'm in the
process of
identifying and coding them at the moment. I need to display
them in groups such as all of the Creamware and Pearlware
pottery; then all of the Civil War vintage stuff, etc. In
short,
slice and dice the database to show different types and ages
of artifacts. I've seen one GIS do this about 18 years ago.
Is there a procedure in GRASS which allows bringing in
points from the x,y series I already have with their codes
and then querying the database and showing only those
attributes one selects?

Thanks in advance.

The address below is where I believe I saw the 5.0.rpm

ftp://intevation.de/freegis/gnu-linux-ppc/freegis-1.0.4/ppc/

Lyle

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On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 03:43:18PM +0000, brian_adams@jbadams.com wrote:

I am running GRASS 5.0b7 on a mac 9500 running LinuxPPC. It works
fine for me. I think the problem is that you are trying to run it
under Mac OS 9 (8.x). Won't work. There have been some reports on
success compiling it to run under Mac OS X, but that OS doesn't
even come out officially for another two weeks.

I would suggest getting a copy of LinuxPPC (or Yellow Dog) and
installing it on a partition on your powerbook. Then download the
latest 5.0 version and start the compile process. It isn't the
simplest thing to do, but it works, and GRASS runs great on it.

I didn't know that there was a ppc.rpm binary out there. Is there?

Yes, there is.
The whole FreeGIS CD is available in a ppc version
and contains everything precompiled for GNU/Linux on PowerPCs.

http://freegis.org/order.en.html

Updates can be downloaded from ftp://intevation.de/freegis/
but be gentle to the line.

  Bernhard

--
Professional Service around Free Software (intevation.net)
The FreeGIS Project (freegis.org)
Association for a Free Informational Infrastructure (ffii.org)
FSF Europe (fsfeurope.org)