Thanks Paulo, I suspected that was the 'right' way to approach it but was vague on the locations/config.
See how I go with it (a weekend project I think). -shane. On Thu, 2011-10-13 at 14:49 +0200, Paulo van Breugel wrote: > You can compile your ' working' GRASS in e.g., /usr/local/grass64 and > your 'try-out' GRASS in /usr/local/grass70. You do this setting the > --prefix option when configuring (e.g., ./configure > --prefix=/usr/local/grass64 ...). > > To be able to run the working and try-out versions by typing > respectively grass64 and grass70 on the command line, you copy their > executables to the /usr/bin, like below; > > ln -s /usr/local/grass64/bin/grass64 /usr/bin/ > ls -s /usr/local/grass70/bin/grass70 /usr/bin/ > > Just realized you already have a functional one installed. In that > case, just install the try-out version as described above, it should > not interfere with the existing one. > > Cheers, > > Paulo > > > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Shane Litherland > <litherland-f...@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > So, I know one can have a 'working' GRASS and a > 'try-if-you-dare' GRASS > on the one computer... a quick web search on how to do > multiple grass > installs gave me more info on laying turf than on computing > though! > > The GRASS wiki has good info on compiling from source, but > didn't see > anything clear about how to set up a testing GRASS without it > interfering with my existing, functional one. > > Any tips on where/what to read to get this right? am on ubuntu > 10.04, > working with GRASS 6.4.1, want to try the 6.4.2RC to check if > a few > glitches I am aware of have been sorted out. > > I probably read info about this months/years ago but need to > update > myself before I blunder on into compiling from source-code! > > Regards, > Shane. > > _______________________________________________ > grass-user mailing list > grass-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user > _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user