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Thx, the revision works :)

I found the bug here:

https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/issues/2188

there is already a patch available (have not tested yet)

Please provide full output with make -j1

I get the following error when building:

Finished compilation: Mon 21 Feb 2022 19:08:38 CET
make: *** [Makefile:71: default] Error 1
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().

Python 3.10 breaks grass with python-wxpython ... So there is no solution at this time. Grass only works now with python-wxpython>=4.1 and so WxWidget >= 3.1

If you want better statement : https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/issues/2078

For FTP you could use you desktop environnement feature with sftp for exemple.

With this update, it is necessary to change python-wxpython, and consequently, wxgtk3 to python-wxpython-dev and wxgtk-dev. This breaks Filezilla, as stated already. I need both GRASS and Filezilla, what am I supposed to do? I can't find any help online about this. This is a weird chain reaction that is basically breaking several major programs along the way.

When launching Filezilla: error while loading shared libraries: libwx_gtk3u_aui-3.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

There is one big issue with python-wxpython. So if you install grass, some software like audacity, filezilla, kicad among others will not work ... Btw I will publish it tomorrow

Hi, grass 8.0.0 stable release is out. It would be great if you could update the PKGBUILD. Cheers.

Hi, I created a python-wxpython-dev AUR package so you can use it as the dependency for grass 8.0RC1 in the previous PKGBUILD comment.

It works, thanks

Applying this PR : https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/1718 solves the first issue launching GUI ... but there are others and a lot to apply. Furthermore, Archlinux is still with this old python-wxpython 4.0.7 version whereas grass needs 4.1.1. Better is to use 8.0.0RC1 at this time !

Grass 8 was planned for christmas but delayed ...

So you could use this PKGBUILD below =>

# Maintainer: Sylvain POULAIN <sylvain dot poulain at giscan dot com>
# Contributor: Doug Newgard <scimmia at archlinux dot org>
# Contributor: Maciej Sieczka <msieczka at sieczka dot org>

pkgname=grass
pkgver=8.0.0RC1
pkgrel=1
_shortver=${pkgver%.*}; _shortver=${_shortver/./}
pkgdesc='Geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/maps production, spatial modeling and visualization'
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url='http://grass.osgeo.org/'
license=('GPL')
depends=('bzip2' 'cairo' 'fftw' 'fontconfig' 'freetype2' 'gcc-libs' 'gdal' 'geos' 'glibc' 'glu'
         'libpng' 'libtiff' 'libx11' 'libgl' 'netcdf' 'pdal' 'proj' 'python-gdal' 'python-numpy'
         'python-pillow' 'python-wxpython41' 'readline' 'zlib' 'zstd')
makedepends=('libxt')
optdepends=('postgresql: PostgreSQL database interface'
            'sqlite: SQLite database interface')
source=("http://grass.osgeo.org/grass$_shortver/source/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz")
md5sums=('766d61ba1e3ef69da0af673f7322d459')

build() {
  cd $pkgname-$pkgver

  # Ancient autoconf used upstream can't handle CPPFLAGS correctly, so set CPP to ignore warnings
  CPP="gcc -E -w" \
  ./configure \
    --prefix=/opt/$pkgname \
    --with-freetype-includes=/usr/include/freetype2 \
    --with-wxwidgets \
    --with-readline \
    --with-pthread \
    --with-netcdf \
    --with-nls \
    --with-geos \
    --with-postgres \
    --with-pdal \
    --with-bzlib \
    --with-zstd

  LC_ALL=C
  make
}

package() {
  cd $pkgname-$pkgver

  make exec_prefix="$pkgdir/usr" INST_DIR="$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname" install

  # Install linker config file, needed for qgis to find grass
  install -d "$pkgdir/etc/ld.so.conf.d/"
  echo "/opt/$pkgname/lib" > "$pkgdir/etc/ld.so.conf.d/$pkgname.conf"

  cd "$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname"
  # Put freedesktop.org files in correct location
  mv share "$pkgdir/usr"

  # Fix some paths that get hard coded by make install
  sed -i "s|$pkgdir||g" demolocation/.grassrc$_shortver \
                        include/Make/{Platform,Grass}.make \
                        etc/fontcap \
                        "$pkgdir/usr/bin/grass"
}

Any idea on when will v8 will arrive? or how to solve this issue in the meantime?

python-wxpython needs rebuild Furthermore grass 7.8 doesn't work with python 3.10 It works with 8.0.0 RC1 ... Still waiting v8 release

I've errors launching the gui:

Warning: Mismatch between the program and library build versions detected.
The library used 3.0 (wchar_t,compiler with C++ ABI 1014,wx containers,compatible with 2.8),
and wxPython used 3.0 (wchar_t,compiler with C++ ABI 1016,wx containers,compatible with 2.8).

Thank you so much! You were a great help The patch worked.

GDAL 3.3 has broken GRASS compilation and vector/v.hull/chull.c must be patched to fix. I added the application of this patch to the PKGBUILD along with a prepare block which applies the patch:

...
source=("http://grass.osgeo.org/grass$_shortver/source/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz" "https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/commit/b86314c7.patch")
md5sums=('91f4830a5164cea703384814cd89cdf9' 'e72affb054af2794560971ddab90d0a2')

prepare() {
    cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
    patch --forward --strip=1 --input="${srcdir}/b86314c7.patch"
}
...

Hi, Is it possible to add a LC_ALL=C before make, so that the users don't need to specify themselves? Without that the compilation will fail due to locale issue.

Could you please add python-pysvn as dependency or optional dependency to allow installation of plugins ?

/usr/bin/python3.9

So you symlink python3 to python2 ... You have a problem in your python environment ! What is the output of readlink -f $(which python)

With python-wxpython-4.1.1 grass gui works fine, but without python 2 symlink ( ln -s ../../../usr/bin/python3 bin/python2) it doesn't work at all.

Warning : python-wxpython version 4.0.7.2 is buggy and so grass gui crash =>

https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/issues/1261

Solved by building python-wxpython-4.1.1

Finally one year later removed python 2 symlink ... Thank you Scimmia

You still incude python2 symlink which is a mess ...

@Scimmia : Please make a reliable PKGBUILD for community, Python3 is now used by Grass since 7.8 not Python 2 ...

@Scimmia : Why not removing python2 symbolic link, I don't understand your point of view on this point ?

7.8.3 include fix :

replace obsolete time.clock() in Python 3.3 (​PR:244)

@Scimmia : Please remove python2 symlink, tested without and all is fine !

@Marco, thanks modification works. May be could make a patch from it !

As said before in december : https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/grass/?O=10&PP=10#comment-720797 Line 55 in PKGBUILD is stupid : symlink python2 in grass 7.8

Grass calls python2, so I've create a simlink python2 in /opt/grass/bin to /usr/bin/python3. Now it works fine.

For the problem reported by kikislater (AttributeError: module 'time' has no attribute 'clock') I've resolved in this way:

640c640
<         self.resize = time.clock()
---
>         self.resize = time.perf_counter()

as suggested here:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58569361/attributeerror-module-time-has-no-attribute-clock-in-python-3-8

[I've deleted my previous message by accident. I apologise for it.]

I have removed all the packages python (pacman -Rc python python2), and I've reinstalled python python2, python-wxpython and grass.

Now grass doesn't find the python module six

GRASS 7.8.2 (WGS84utm): > g.gui wxpython
Launching <wxpython> GUI in the background, please wait...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/grass/gui/wxpython/wxgui.py", line 29, in <module>
    from grass.exceptions import Usage
  File "/opt/grass/etc/python/grass/init.py", line 4, in <module>
    import six
ImportError: No module named six

[marco@Marco ~]$ python
 >>> import six
 >>>

Your python environment is screwed up, it's trying to load python2.

See comments from November.

Grass launch fine with 3.8.2.

Some errors are displayed :

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/grass/gui/wxpython/mapwin/buffered.py", line 640, in OnSize
    self.resize = time.clock()
AttributeError: module 'time' has no attribute 'clock'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/grass/gui/wxpython/mapwin/buffered.py", line 640, in OnSize
    self.resize = time.clock()
AttributeError: module 'time' has no attribute 'clock'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/grass/gui/wxpython/mapwin/buffered.py", line 640, in OnSize
    self.resize = time.clock()
AttributeError: module 'time' has no attribute 'clock'

python 3.8.2 is finally out and in the testing repo. Should hit Extra pretty quickly.

Please add flex as a build dependency.

Edit : grass gui will not work with python 3.8.1. Downgrade to python 3.8.0 or wait for 3.8.2, they will revert changes in 3.8.2 https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/4015

grass doesn't launch anymore, wxpython fail :

$ grass78

Default locale not found, using UTF-8

Default locale settings are missing. GRASS running with C locale.

Starting GRASS GIS...

Cleaning up temporary files...

      __________  ___   __________    _______________
     / ____/ __ \/   | / ___/ ___/   / ____/  _/ ___/
    / / __/ /_/ / /| | \__ \\_  \   / / __ / / \__ \
   / /_/ / _, _/ ___ |___/ /__/ /  / /_/ // / ___/ /
   \____/_/ |_/_/  |_/____/____/   \____/___//____/

Welcome to GRASS GIS 7.8.2

GRASS GIS homepage: https://grass.osgeo.org

This version running through: Bash Shell (/bin/bash)

Help is available with the command: g.manual -i

See the licence terms with: g.version -c

See citation options with: g.version -x

If required, restart the GUI with: g.gui wxpython

When ready to quit enter: exit

Launching <wxpython> GUI in the background, please wait...

GRASS 7.8.2 (newLocation):~ > Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ctypes/init.py", line 99, in CFUNCTYPE

return _c_functype_cache[(restype, argtypes, flags)]

KeyError: (<class 'ctypes.c_int'>, (<class 'grass.lib.ctypes_preamble.String'>,), 1)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/opt/grass/gui/wxpython/wxgui.py", line 105, in OnInit

from lmgr.frame import GMFrame

File "/opt/grass/gui/wxpython/lmgr/frame.py", line 51, in <module>

from lmgr.layertree import LayerTree, LMIcons

File "/opt/grass/gui/wxpython/lmgr/layertree.py", line 38, in <module>

from mapdisp.frame import MapFrame

File "/opt/grass/gui/wxpython/mapdisp/frame.py", line 33, in <module>

from mapdisp.toolbars import MapToolbar, NvizIcons

File "/opt/grass/gui/wxpython/mapdisp/toolbars.py", line 22, in <module>

from nviz.main import haveNviz

File "/opt/grass/gui/wxpython/nviz/main.py", line 24, in <module>

from nviz import mapwindow

File "/opt/grass/gui/wxpython/nviz/mapwindow.py", line 42, in <module>

from nviz.workspace import NvizSettings

File "/opt/grass/gui/wxpython/nviz/workspace.py", line 23, in <module>

from nviz import wxnviz

File "/opt/grass/gui/wxpython/nviz/wxnviz.py", line 51, in <module>

from grass.lib.gis import *

File "/opt/grass/etc/python/grass/lib/gis.py", line 552, in <module>

('checker', CFUNCTYPE(UNCHECKED(c_int), String)),

File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ctypes/init.py", line 101, in CFUNCTYPE

class CFunctionType(_CFuncPtr):

TypeError: item 1 in argtypes passes a union by value, which is unsupported.

OnInit returned false, exiting...

Wrong python version inside this grass package (symbolic link). It couldn't work like this. Python2 is deprecated in grass 7.8 Line 55 in PKGBUILD should be deleted, it's a nonsense to link python2 inside grass 7.8 ... Install some extension and you will see some problems !

No, everything using python3 calls python3 specifically

PKGBUILD needs refactor : 7.8 support python 3 not python 2.

Line 55 : # Fix for 3rd party python scripts ln -s ../../../usr/bin/python2 bin/python

Running grass :

~ > which python

/opt/grass/bin/python

:~ > ls -lsa /opt/grass/bin/python

0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 15 déc. 08:42 /opt/grass/bin/python -> ../../../usr/bin/python2

Seems even 7.8.1 isn't totally ready for python 3.8 (time module changes). If it becomes an issue, let me know and I'll see about patching it.

There is a ton of problems using 7.8. There is no LTS version on AUR. May be it should be good to use it : Latest stable long term support (LTS) release: GRASS GIS 7.6 source : https://grass.osgeo.org/

7.8 PKGBUILD is up. I can't say I'm positive about the deps, mostly the python ones, but it builds in a clean chroot and runs with some limited testing. If anyone runs into issues, let me know.

Python2 is end of life (EOL; https://pythonclock.org/) and it is likely python2-gdal was removed in preparation for this. GRASS 7.8 will move things to python3 however GRASS 7.8 has yet to be released(https://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/sources/#g78x). If you are desperate, you could work you way though a downgrade (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Downgrading_packages) but this can be a pain and not recommended.

(Edit: python2-gdal found its way into the AUR)

Install failed: dependency python2-gdal not available

PKGBUILD updates: pkgver=7.6.1 md5sums=('9ca74f9010d013f735737a90c65d8a7f')

Updated here : https://github.com/giscan/AUR-grass

Can't build since nad2bin has been removed from the current release of proj. The subject has been open at https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/1236

It seems those that need nad2bin should use the proj-datumgrid repo. https://github.com/OSGeo/proj-datumgrid

Edit: nad2bin check has been removed in 7.6.1. Just need to update. https://grass.osgeo.org/news/82/15/GRASS-GIS-7-6-1-released/ configure: nad2bin check no longer needed; (user custom) grids are used via PROJ

Updated the pkgver and md5sums in the PKGBUILD my self and compiled fine, https://gist.github.com/cj-sv/4eff7ab128d3491c9b60e4790283a5f7

I have a failed build on my machine, since the proj package does comes with "nad2bin" program

python2-gdal needs to be added as a dependency. The python commands that use gdal do not work without it.

Regarding last comment here, repository of geosam is not on gitlab but sourceforge : https://archgeotux.sourceforge.io/

Unofficial repository for Geospatial applications:

https://geotux.gitlab.io/ArchGeoTux/

Builds fine in a clean chroot. Sounds like a local problem.

Problem with cairo...

"checking for location of cairo includes... checking for cairo.h... no configure: error: *** Unable to locate Cairo includes."

Cairo is installed correctly but does not finish compiling grass

Any solution?