GRASS: List of library availability within conda for Grass installation

[SamKodama]

Tested with conda 4.13.0

Tested by using conda search [package_name] in a new conda environment

Available
bison
flex
gettext

Not available
libbz2-dev
libcairo2-dev
libzstd-dev
libproj-dev
proj-bin
libreadline-dev
libgdal-dev
libglu1-mesa-dev
libfftw3-dev
libpng-dev
libpdal-dev

[mdpiper]

We can try these conda packages:

• bz2file
• cairo
• proj
• readline
• gdal
• fftw
• pdal
• libpng-devel-cos7-x86_64

but I'm not sure if GRASS needs headers, which these packages may not provide. (I'm guessing yes.)

[SamKodama]

I installed the packages listed above and attempted to install grass. I received the following error:

configure: error: *** Unable to locate zstd includes.
include/Make/Vars.make:1: include/Make/Platform.make: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target include/Make/Platform.make'. Stop. include/Make/Vars.make:1: include/Make/Platform.make: No such file or directory make: *** No rule to make target include/Make/Platform.make'. Stop.
~

I also have the full output when attempting to install below if that is helpful.
GrassInstall_attempt.txt

[SamKodama]

I also ran the same test from above using homebrew, would it be helpful to post the results here as well or would that be a later consideration or different ticket?

[mdpiper]

I also ran the same test from above using homebrew

@SamKodama Homebrew is a good target because it'll make an install on macOS easier. I'm aiming for conda because it'll work on macOS and Linux (and maybe Windows, but probably not). Plus, it's the preferred distribution channel for CSDMS.

[SamKodama]

Okay, thank you for explaining. Is there anything I can do to help at this stage?

[mdpiper]

Is there anything I can do to help at this stage?

If you'd like, take a look at #15 and see if you can get further. But don't feel obligated to do so. It's kinda tedious.