Hello Grasslist.
I have a problem - occuring on the Windows port of GRASS
(5.0.2) using the cygwin
environment and XWindows driver. When I type nviz at the command prompt I
get a "command not found" message.
Searching my cygwin tree I see I only have one file called nviz, in
usr/local/grass5/tcktkgrass/module, and it's only 1K.
Does this mean I haven't installed nviz? If not how do I? Is it possible
to install binaries only, or is compilation of source necessary?
thanks,
Matt
Matthew Tennant wrote:
Hello Grasslist.
I have a problem - occuring on the Windows port of GRASS (5.0.2) using the cygwin environment and XWindows driver. When I type nviz at the command prompt I get a "command not found" message.
Searching my cygwin tree I see I only have one file called nviz, in usr/local/grass5/tcktkgrass/module, and it's only 1K.
Does this mean I haven't installed nviz? If not how do I? Is it possible to install binaries only, or is compilation of source necessary?
You can download a binary distribution of Grass 5.0.3 for Cygwin XServer which has a working Nviz from www.greenwoodmap.com/grass. In my experience, Nviz does not work very in the "generic" or non-XWindows environment.
--
Richard Greenwood
www.greenwoodmap.com
Richard Greenwood wrote:
> I have a problem - occuring on the Windows port of GRASS
> (5.0.2) using the cygwin
> environment and XWindows driver. When I type nviz at the command prompt I
> get a "command not found" message.
> Searching my cygwin tree I see I only have one file called nviz, in
> usr/local/grass5/tcktkgrass/module, and it's only 1K.
>
> Does this mean I haven't installed nviz? If not how do I? Is it possible
> to install binaries only, or is compilation of source necessary?
You can download a binary distribution of Grass 5.0.3 for Cygwin XServer
which has a working Nviz from www.greenwoodmap.com/grass. In my
experience, Nviz does not work very in the "generic" or non-XWindows
environment.
Does the wingrass_xserver package (on grass.itc.it and mirrors) not
include NVIZ?
The NVWISH2.2 binary is available separately at:
http://grass.itc.it/grass5/binary/windows_cygnus/wingrass_xserver/NVWISH2.2.bz2
but that is of no use without the rest of NVIZ.
I've uploaded a package containing the other components of NVIZ (i.e.
the Tcl scripts and the bitmaps) to ftp://grass.itc.it/incoming;
hopefully that can be made available alongside the NVWISH2.2 binary
(although the package isn't Cygwin-specific, I think that Cygwin is
the only platform where NVIZ isn't included).
--
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements@virgin.net>
On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 08:05:31AM +0000, Glynn Clements wrote:
Richard Greenwood wrote:
> > I have a problem - occuring on the Windows port of GRASS
> > (5.0.2) using the cygwin
> > environment and XWindows driver. When I type nviz at the command prompt I
> > get a "command not found" message.
> > Searching my cygwin tree I see I only have one file called nviz, in
> > usr/local/grass5/tcktkgrass/module, and it's only 1K.
> >
> > Does this mean I haven't installed nviz? If not how do I? Is it possible
> > to install binaries only, or is compilation of source necessary?
>
> You can download a binary distribution of Grass 5.0.3 for Cygwin XServer
> which has a working Nviz from www.greenwoodmap.com/grass. In my
> experience, Nviz does not work very in the "generic" or non-XWindows
> environment.
Does the wingrass_xserver package (on grass.itc.it and mirrors) not
include NVIZ?
The NVWISH2.2 binary is available separately at:
http://grass.itc.it/grass5/binary/windows_cygnus/wingrass_xserver/NVWISH2.2.bz2
but that is of no use without the rest of NVIZ.
I've uploaded a package containing the other components of NVIZ (i.e.
the Tcl scripts and the bitmaps) to ftp://grass.itc.it/incoming;
hopefully that can be made available alongside the NVWISH2.2 binary
(although the package isn't Cygwin-specific, I think that Cygwin is
the only platform where NVIZ isn't included).
Yes, the file is available now at
http://grass.itc.it/grass5/binary/windows_cygnus/wingrass_xserver/NVWISH2.2.bz2
Markus
Markus Neteler wrote:
On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 08:05:31AM +0000, Glynn Clements wrote:
The NVWISH2.2 binary is available separately at:
http://grass.itc.it/grass5/binary/windows_cygnus/wingrass_xserver/NVWISH2.2.bz2
but that is of no use without the rest of NVIZ.
I've uploaded a package containing the other components of NVIZ (i.e. the Tcl scripts and the bitmaps) to ftp://grass.itc.it/incoming;
hopefully that can be made available alongside the NVWISH2.2 binary
(although the package isn't Cygwin-specific, I think that Cygwin is
the only platform where NVIZ isn't included).
Yes, the file is available now at http://grass.itc.it/grass5/binary/windows_cygnus/wingrass_xserver/NVWISH2.2.bz2
Markus
Markus,
I have ftp'd a complete Cygwin 5.0.3 binary distribution to grass.itc.it/incoming which includes a working Nviz, fftw, and PNG driver. If you could replace the current files with these then I think it will make things easier for new Cygwin users. The 4 files that I sent are:
grass5.0.3_i686-pc-cygwin_bin.tar.gz
grass5_i686-pc-cygwin_install.sh
checksum_md5.txt
_config.log
Regards,
--
Richard Greenwood
www.greenwoodmap.com
On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 08:07:54AM -0700, Richard Greenwood wrote:
Markus Neteler wrote:
>On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 08:05:31AM +0000, Glynn Clements wrote:
>>The NVWISH2.2 binary is available separately at:
>>
>>http://grass.itc.it/grass5/binary/windows_cygnus/wingrass_xserver/NVWISH2.2.bz2
>>
>>but that is of no use without the rest of NVIZ.
>>
>>I've uploaded a package containing the other components of NVIZ (i.e.
>>the Tcl scripts and the bitmaps) to ftp://grass.itc.it/incoming;
>>hopefully that can be made available alongside the NVWISH2.2 binary
>>(although the package isn't Cygwin-specific, I think that Cygwin is
>>the only platform where NVIZ isn't included).
>
>
>Yes, the file is available now at
>http://grass.itc.it/grass5/binary/windows_cygnus/wingrass_xserver/NVWISH2.2.bz2
>
>Markus
Markus,
I have ftp'd a complete Cygwin 5.0.3 binary distribution to
grass.itc.it/incoming which includes a working Nviz, fftw, and PNG
driver. If you could replace the current files with these then I think
it will make things easier for new Cygwin users. The 4 files that I sent
are:
grass5.0.3_i686-pc-cygwin_bin.tar.gz
grass5_i686-pc-cygwin_install.sh
checksum_md5.txt
_config.log
Richard,
the files are uploaded to
http://grass.itc.it/grass5/binary/windows_cygnus/wingrass_xserver/
now (and will appear on the mirrors in 1-2 days).
Thanks,
Markus
Hello Richard
On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Richard Greenwood wrote:
I have ftp'd a complete Cygwin 5.0.3 binary distribution to
grass.itc.it/incoming which includes a working Nviz, fftw, and PNG
driver. If you could replace the current files with these then I think
it will make things easier for new Cygwin users.
Not to disparage your efforts but especially in light of Markus' recent
e-mail I feel we should not be promoting 5.0.x any more and a 5.3 binary
distribution would be much more useful and beneficial. I am only saying
this because I recall you said you have produced such a distribution.
There really is no point in pushing 5.0 any longer IMHO.
Paul
Paul Kelly wrote:
Hello Richard
On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Richard Greenwood wrote:
I have ftp'd a complete Cygwin 5.0.3 binary distribution to
grass.itc.it/incoming which includes a working Nviz, fftw, and PNG
driver. If you could replace the current files with these then I think
it will make things easier for new Cygwin users.
Not to disparage your efforts but especially in light of Markus' recent
e-mail I feel we should not be promoting 5.0.x any more and a 5.3 binary
distribution would be much more useful and beneficial. I am only saying
this because I recall you said you have produced such a distribution.
There really is no point in pushing 5.0 any longer IMHO.
Paul
I agree, but the official 5.0.3 Cygwin distribution included a non-functional Nviz and thanks to Glynn, we have a functional one. So it seems fair to include it.
Regarding 5.3, I do have a good recent Cygwin binary distribution at greenwoodmap.com/grass and whenever Markus begins distributing 5.3 binaries from grass.itc.it then I hope he will copy it there. (I am not trying to become a Grass mirror or distribution point, it's just easy for me to put things on my site).
Regarding 5.7 on Cygwin, neither Nviz or v.digit are currently working. I haven't tested it much. But I do have a binary distribution at greenwoodmap.com/grass
Regarding promoting the use of 5.3, I think distributing binaries would be a good first step. The web statistics that Markus sited earlier this week did not include any 5.3 binary downloads because none are available from http://grass.itc.it/download.html 
Best regards,
--
Richard Greenwood
www.greenwoodmap.com
On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 12:43:40PM -0700, Richard Greenwood wrote:
Paul Kelly wrote:
>Hello Richard
>
>On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Richard Greenwood wrote:
>
>
>>I have ftp'd a complete Cygwin 5.0.3 binary distribution to
>>grass.itc.it/incoming which includes a working Nviz, fftw, and PNG
>>driver. If you could replace the current files with these then I think
>>it will make things easier for new Cygwin users.
>
>
>Not to disparage your efforts but especially in light of Markus' recent
>e-mail I feel we should not be promoting 5.0.x any more and a 5.3 binary
>distribution would be much more useful and beneficial. I am only saying
>this because I recall you said you have produced such a distribution.
>There really is no point in pushing 5.0 any longer IMHO.
>
>Paul
I agree, but the official 5.0.3 Cygwin distribution included a
non-functional Nviz and thanks to Glynn, we have a functional one. So it
seems fair to include it.
Regarding 5.3, I do have a good recent Cygwin binary distribution at
greenwoodmap.com/grass and whenever Markus begins distributing 5.3
binaries from grass.itc.it then I hope he will copy it there. (I am not
trying to become a Grass mirror or distribution point, it's just easy
for me to put things on my site).
Richard,
I'm happy to copy over your 5.3 binaries.
But one day we should go for an official release (this year? just kidding).
Regarding 5.7 on Cygwin, neither Nviz or v.digit are currently working.
I haven't tested it much. But I do have a binary distribution at
greenwoodmap.com/grass
At least the v.digit looks as easy to fix (maybe there is no
stdout redirection on Cygwin?).
Regarding promoting the use of 5.3, I think distributing binaries would
be a good first step. The web statistics that Markus sited earlier this
week did not include any 5.3 binary downloads because none are available
from http://grass.itc.it/download.html
Right, but there are 5.7 binaries for Linux which are not
downloaded much. Also all source code versions are available.
Markus Neteler