Installing GRASS onto Ubuntu

Have been following an interesting article in creating a completely OpenSource GIS laptop setup.

The order that I will be installing thei OpenSource GIS

• Ubuntu 7.10
• Postgresql:A free OpenSource DB
  
• PostGIS : a relational database with vector spatial data handling
• GRASS : A full blown GIS analysis toolset
• Quantum GIS: A user-friendly graphical GIS application
• GDAL, Proj, Geos : Libraries and utilities for processing spatial data
• Mapserver : web mapping program and utilites
• Python bindings for QGIS, mapserver and GDAL
• GPSBabel : for converting between various GPS formats
• R : a high-end statistics package with spatial capabilities
• GMT : the Generic Mapping Tools for automated high-quality map output

Installing Ubuntu was quite straight forward and I quite enjoy the desktop look and feel. However, installing postgres (via the Synaptic Package manager) was easy but I didn't realise that you also needed the PGADMIN tool. The version that is available via the Packet manager is Version 3.11 but the latest version is 8.1 and configuring the software repositories (finally) allowed me to update to the latest version but what is this? Still doesn't quite work.

Looks like an update of the latest X Server software has broken all sorts of things.

Anyway, I pushed ahead and got PostGRES and PostGIS installed and now, onto GRASS. Instructions are here: Index of /ubuntu

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