Quick question about where GRASS installs GRASSDATA on windows and Linux

GRASS GRASS developer
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Thanks. Most people in the workshop next week will be using Windows or Mac. Where does it go in Linux?

Michael Barton

On Apr 10, 2026, at 12:46 PM, Helmut Kudrnovsky noreply@discourse.osgeo.org wrote:

hellik
April 10

See

github.com/OSGeo/grass

mswindows/GRASS-Installer.nsi.tmplmain


1. ${Else}
1. StrCpy $INSTALL_DIR "$INSTDIR"
1. ${EndIf}
1. 
1. ;Set to try to overwrite existing files
1. SetOverwrite try
1. 
1. ;Set the GIS_DATABASE directory
1. SetShellVarContext current
1. Var /GLOBAL GIS_DATABASE
1. StrCpy $GIS_DATABASE "$DOCUMENTS\grassdata"
1. 
1. ;Create the GIS_DATABASE directory
1. CreateDirectory "$GIS_DATABASE"
1. 
1. ;add Installer files
1. SetOutPath "$INSTALL_DIR"
1. File .\Installer-Files\GRASS-WebSite.url
1. File .\Installer-Files\WinGRASS-README.url
1. 
1. ;add GRASS files

it’s in the user’s “document” folder in Windows.

How this defined, it depends on the Windows setup

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