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GRASS versions 5.46.0be downloaded from the official GRASS GIS homepage (12) as binary versions. Additionally GDF Hannover bRRPM-packages for recent GNU/Linux distributions.
Like mentioned before, the GRASS Version 5.4.0 is officially released at the 5th of november 2004. In comparison to version 5.0include important further developments of raster functionalities. The newly developed vector library is not included, it is only part of GRASS 6.0.
A binary version is based on the official source code of the GRASS Version 5.4.0 and has been precompiled on different computing and operating systems according to special guidelines. Thus, GRASS can be installed on your computer without additional compiling in most cases. This needs a compatible binary version for your system available and further necessary libraries are installed for interacting with GRASS.
In this place we want to illustrate the installation of a binary version. A binary version of GRASS 5.4.0 is presently available for GNU/Linux systems. This version has also been precompiled on a GNU/Linux system according to defined criteria. The descriptions of the system and used parameter for precompiling can be found in the appropriate download area.
Therefor the program and the appropriate installation script need to be downloaded into an arbitrary directory before installing the version with root permissions:
su ***** sh grass5.4.0_i686-pc-linux-gnu_install.sh \ grass5.4.0_i686-pc-linux-gnu_bin.tar.gz
If the requirements differ from these requirements, it is necessary to compile the present source code of the version GRASS 5.4.0 on your own computer. This procedure can be useful because the binary version mostly does not include all features and modules (e.g. external database support).
The GRASS 5.4.0 source code and the related binaries can be downloaded directly from the Internet pages of the GRASS GIS Homepage (12).
The install procedure is identical to GRASS 5.4will be mentioned here (see chapter 3.1.1).
Again, the program and the appropriate installation script need to be downloaded into an arbitrary directory before installing the version with root permissions:
su ***** sh grass6.0.0_i686-pc-linux-gnu_bin.tar.gz \ grass6.0.0_i686-pc-linux-gnu_bin.tar.gz
If the requirements differ from these requirements, it is necessary to compile the present source code of the version GRASS 6.0.0 on your own computer. This procedure can be useful because the binary version mostly does not include all features and modules (e.g. external database support).
After a successful installation GRASS 6.0be started from the command-line by typing grass60 .
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