Hi, i finally managed to compile and install GRASS 6.3.0RC2 on Solaris 10 Sparc.
I installed the packages from www.sunfreeware.com for the gnu tools (tar, gcc etc.). I can mail a list of the packages if needed. I had to compile gdal, as there is no solaris pkg. There is no pkg for fftw2, so this had to be compiled too. I found the following problems: - fftw has to be compiled/installed with ./configure --with-pic --enable-shared or the grass libraries are not built. - make has to be used with "make SHELL=/bin/bash" or the scripts are not executed (there are still many "bash'isms" in the scripts!). - ./configure needs to be executed with: ./configure --with-srcdir=$(pwd) or $(pwd)/configure or it does not work. - i had to manually edit include/make/Platform.make to change CURSES = -lncurses $(COMPATLIB) to CURSES = -lcurses $(COMPATLIB). Problem on solaris 10 is, that ncurses is installed in /usr/local, but the header file is in /usr/local/include/ncurses/ncurses.h configure detects ncurses, but the link phase does not work, as initscr32 from system curses library is needed. Maybe ln -s /usr/local/include/ncurses/ncurses.h /usr/local/include/ncurses.h works too. - the scripts in tools directory are not working on solaris, as /bin/sh is a standard unix shell, no bash as on linux. So i had to edit all to #!/bin/bash . I think that the configure/make mechanism has to be changed, so that bash is used (then bash has to be a prerequisite) or the scripts should be edited to contain no bash-specific code. - all the startup scripts use "#!/bin/sh", but use bash-specific code. So with default installation, grass can not be started. I had to edit all to "#!/bin/bash". On Solaris 10 /bin/sh is a symlink to /sbin/sh, but i am not shure if it is wise to change to /bin/bash, as the system may not start in case of problems. GIS Manager, nviz and the modules i tested worked. But the help system needs konquerer, which is not present on Solaris. exporting GRASS_HELP_BROWSER=firefox works. Suggestion: add another line in Init.sh to detect "firefox". The option "Help->About System" starts another instance of the gis manager. Compiling on Solaris 10 i86/i64 has other problems (e. g. libGLU missing on Solaris/Intel). I'll try this in the next days. Where is the correct place to add the information about compiling on solaris (grass wiki or other?)? I hope i can add the text later. Andreas -- Andreas Lange _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
