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Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Problems on MacOS Catalina Installation via Homebrew "Cannot find proj.db"
From: Vaclav Petras <wenzeslaus () gmail ! com>
Date: 2020-03-31 1:46:57
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Dear Veronika,
Thank you for awesome analysis. I don't have an answer, but I'm struggling
with the same and I thought it might be a good idea to connect the related
discussions:
[GRASS-dev] Automatic/CI compilation on macOS
https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-dev/2020-March/094187.html
https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-dev/2020-March/094207.html
[Bug] Update build GRASS as macOS application #457 (linked comment and
below)
https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/issues/457#issuecomment-603575140
Vaclav
On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 12:49 PM Veronika Grupp <vroni.grupp@web.de> wrote:
> Dear GRASS GIS users,
>
> After installing GRASS GIS via Homebrew I encountered a problem when I
> tried to create a new location and set the projection. (I also posted this
> question on Stackoverflow:
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60871421/grass-gis-installed-with-homebrew-create-new-location-cannot-find-proj-db-err
> )
> Maybe someone of you has encountered the same problem or has any idea what
> might be the issue..
>
> I work on MacOS Catalina and installed the latest stable release of GRASS
> GIS (7.8.2) with Homebrew via the osgeo/osgeo4mac tap using the commands brew
> tap osgeo/osgeo4mac and brew install osgeo-grass (as described on the
> GRASS website
> https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Compiling_on_MacOSX_using_homebrew).
>
> To get the GUI working also pip3 install wxpython was necessary. I could
> start GRASS with grass78 on the commandline. When I tried to create a new
> location and to set the projection/crs
>
> 1. I could not specify an EPSG code
> 2. browsing a georeferenced file to use its projection threw the
> error: "proj_get_authorities_from_database: Cannot find proj.db"
>
> and creation of location was cancelled.
>
> Regarding 1. EPSG codes: the newest proj version does not provide a file
> with epsg codes, seems like this was already an issue in GRASS 7.6 combined
> with proj 6.x (https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/3863) but still
> couldn't find a way to get it working e.g. with another epsg file copied
> into the directory.
>
> Regarding 2. I tried several things that didn't work:
>
> I installed proj 5 (with brew install osgeo-proj@5) and also proj 6 (with
> a bottle from https://bottle.download.osgeo.org/?C=N&O=A) but it throws
> errors at the same point saying that some library (refering proj) was not
> loaded and image was not found.
>
> I tried to set the environment variable PROJ_LIB in .zshenv to the
> respective path where proj.db is located (for version 6 and 7
> respectively), still it threw the same error(s).
>
> Do I need to set any other environment variables or might it be something
> related to GDAL?
> Thank you very much.
> Veronika
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<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Veronika,</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for awesome \
analysis. I don't have an answer, but I'm struggling with the same and I \
thought it might be a good idea to connect the related \
discussions:</div><div><br></div><div>[GRASS-dev] Automatic/CI compilation on \
macOS</div><div><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-dev/2020-March/094187 \
.html">https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-dev/2020-March/094187.html</a></div><div><a \
href="https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-dev/2020-March/094207.html">https://list \
s.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-dev/2020-March/094207.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>[Bug] \
Update build GRASS as macOS application #457 (linked comment and \
below)<br></div><div><a \
href="https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/issues/457#issuecomment-603575140">https://github \
.com/OSGeo/grass/issues/457#issuecomment-603575140</a></div><div><br></div><div>Vaclav<br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div \
class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 12:49 \
PM Veronika Grupp <<a href="mailto:vroni.grupp@web.de">vroni.grupp@web.de</a>> \
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px \
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div \
style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Dear GRASS GIS users,<div><br></div><div>After \
installing GRASS GIS via Homebrew I encountered a problem when I tried to create a \
new location and set the projection. (I also posted this question on Stackoverflow: \
<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60871421/grass-gis-installed-with-homebrew-create-new-location-cannot-find-proj-db-err" \
target="_blank">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60871421/grass-gis-installed-with-homebrew-create-new-location-cannot-find-proj-db-err</a>) \
</div><div>Maybe someone of you has encountered the same problem or has any idea what \
might be the issue..</div><div><br></div><div>I work on MacOS Catalina and installed \
the latest stable release of GRASS GIS (7.8.2) with Homebrew via the osgeo/osgeo4mac \
tap using the commands <code>brew tap osgeo/osgeo4mac</code> and <code>brew install \
osgeo-grass</code> (as described on the GRASS website <a \
href="https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Compiling_on_MacOSX_using_homebrew" \
rel="nofollow noreferrer" \
target="_blank">https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Compiling_on_MacOSX_using_homebrew</a>).</div><div><p>To \
get the GUI working also <code>pip3 install wxpython</code> was necessary. I could \
start GRASS with <code>grass78</code> on the commandline. When I tried to create a \
new location and to set the projection/crs </p>
<ol>
<li>I could not specify an EPSG code </li>
<li>browsing a georeferenced file to use its projection threw the error: \
"proj_get_authorities_from_database: Cannot find proj.db"</li> </ol><p>and \
creation of location was cancelled.</p><p>Regarding 1. EPSG codes: the newest proj \
version does not provide a file with epsg codes, seems like this was already an issue \
in GRASS 7.6 combined with proj 6.x (<a \
href="https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/3863" rel="nofollow noreferrer" \
target="_blank">https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/3863</a>) but still couldn't \
find a way to get it working e.g. with another epsg file copied into the \
directory.</p><p>Regarding 2. I tried several things that didn't work:</p><p>I \
installed proj 5 (with <code>brew install osgeo-proj@5</code>) and also proj 6 (with \
a bottle from <a href="https://bottle.download.osgeo.org/?C=N&O=A" rel="nofollow \
noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bottle.download.osgeo.org/?C=N&O=A</a>) but \
it throws errors at the same point saying that some library (refering proj) was not \
loaded and image was not found.</p><p>I tried to set the environment variable \
PROJ_LIB in .zshenv to the respective path where proj.db is located (for version 6 \
and 7 respectively), still it threw the same error(s).</p><p>Do I need to set any \
other environment variables or might it be something related to GDAL?</p><div>Thank \
you very much. </div><div>Veronika</div></div></div> \
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