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# B. Acquisition/Installation of GRASS4.1.5 Binaries

> This appendix describes how to acquire and install Linux binaries for GRASS4.15 (the 5th and last update to the last full release of GRASS, version 4.1).

How to get these files:

    ftp moon.cecer.army.mil
    login: anonymous
    password: your email address
    cd pub/grass/grass4.1/release/binaries/linux
    image
    mget linuxa*
    bye

    Installation instructions:
    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
    Files in this release:
            README_4.1.5            what you are currently reading
            install.sh                simple grass installation script
            linuxaa --------|
            linuxab         |
            linuxac         |
            linuxad         |
            linuxae         |--   the linux GRASS binaries, version 4.1.5
            linuxaf         |
            linuxag         |
            linuxah         |
            linuxai --------|

    * * * * * * * * * * *** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
    *

    The GRASS4.15 for Linux was compiled in my Linux box with the
    following configuration:
            Slackware 3.0
            kernel 1.2.13
            gcc 2.7.0
            libc 5.0.9
            flex 3.5.2

    ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
    ~ IMPORTANT: ~
    ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
    THE LINUX GRASS 4.15 BINARIES ONLY WORK ON ELF-LINUX. THE BINARIES MAY
    NOT WORK WITH EARLY VERSION OF KERNEL AND/OR GCC AND FLEX.

    The binaries was tared and gziped, then split into 9 (close to 1.3 MB
    - 1200 x 1K block) files named from linuxg.aa to linuxg.ai.

    You should ftp all the linuxg.a* in binary mode and also get this
    readme file and an installation script - install.sh.  Please put all
    of these files in the same directory - source directory.

    At the source directory under the UNIX prompt, type
            sh ./install.sh full_path_to_the_destination_directory

    and it should automatically unzip and untar the linuxg.a* files to the
    destination directory and also edit several site-specific files.  The
    total space your need is about 26 MB.

    At the destination directory, your can find the grass4.1 script.  It
    should have been modified to reflect your installation directory.
    Now, either move/copy the grass4.1 file to one of your PATH or use the
    link command as below:
            cd /usr/local/bin
            ln -s destination_directory/etc/grass4.1 grass4.1

    Now, you are ready to start GRASS by typing grass4.1 and you should
    know how to run GRASS afterward.

    There is a readme directory in the destination_directory/etc
    directory.  This directory has several readme files that come with
    some incoming commands.  You can find all the compiled commands of
    this binaries in the commands.readme file.  I can't guarantee that all
    of them work but I have tested lots of them.  If you find some
    commands that don't work, please post a message on the grass user
    group and we can solve it all together.

    Yung-Tsung Kang,
    Michigan State University

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