[GRASSLIST:5154] Hail grass gurus!

GRASS GRASS user
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Hail grass gurus!

I'm looking forward to checking out grass. It
seems pretty sophisticated.

I
    installed 4.99+5.0.0pre4,
    
    downloaded the global sample data set,
    
    unzipped and untarred it,

    ran "grass5 -tcltk" and
    
    try to open the data set by pointing and clicking.

I get

    Starting GRASS ...
    The selected location is not a valid GRASS location

Suggestions?

Thanks,
Kingsley

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    installed 4.99+5.0.0pre4,
    downloaded the global sample data set,
    unzipped and untarred it,
    ran "grass5 -tcltk" and
    try to open the data set by pointing and clicking.
I get
    Starting GRASS ...
    The selected location is not a valid GRASS location

Suggestions?

Please be more specific about "pointing and clicking."

After you ran grass5 -tcltk, did you get a graphic dialog
box with sub-boxes for Database, Location, and Mapset?

Database
Where did you untar the global sample data set?
(Database should indicate the full path of its directory,
e.g., if global is in /home/user/grass/global, then Database
should indicate /home/user/grass)

Location
Does "global" appear as an option in the Location box? If
so, select it.

Mapset
Does "PERMANENT" appear as an option in the Mapset box? If
so, select it.

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Hi Michael,

Thanks for replying.

if global is in /home/user/grass/global, then
Database should indicate /home/user/grass

You nailed it!

Now I just need to figure out how to actually see
a map....

Thanks,
Kingsley