How to install the Linux (x86/Intel) binary releases of GRASS 5.3.x in gzipped tar format.

Use at your own risk.

Installation:

  1. get the file
    grass-5.3.0-x.distro_version.hw-bin.tar.gz
  2. get the installation script
    grass-5.3.0-x.distro_version.hw-install.sh

where


For installation, run the install script with --help option:

Or without help, directly:

Libraries

The following libraries are required: and, recommended, also: optional:
You can find these RPMs on www.rpmfind.net

NOTE:

In some distributions (e.g. Mandrake) the names of libraries is slightly different. Check, and if there is no file of the name:
libtk.so.0
libtcl.so.0
libpq.so.2
libgdal.1.1.so

then you should type:

su
ln -s /usr/lib/libtk.so /usr/lib/libtk.so.0
ln -s /usr/lib/libtcl.so /usr/lib/libtcl.so.0
ln -s /usr/lib/libpq.so.3 /usr/lib/libpq.so.2
ln -s /usr/lib/libgdal.1.1.so /usr/lib/libgdal.so.1
ldconfig

Instead of (or in addition to) libtk.so and libtcl.so, you might have libtk8.4.so and libtcl8.4.so. In this case, type instead:

ln -s /usr/lib/libtk8.4.so /usr/lib/libtk.so.0
ln -s /usr/lib/libtcl8.4.so /usr/lib/libtcl.so.0
ldconfig


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