[Xastir] XASTIR install?????

[patrick friend]

Bob,
    Guess I shoulda mentioned that. I downloaded both the 1.1.0-i386-1.tgz
and the 1.1.0.tar.gz files from Source Forge...tried the tar -x command and
unzip commands without luck...still think I am missing something simple that
everybody assumes everybody else knows...so which one do I use and which
command will unpack the thing...I assume from there I do a "cd" to that
directory and then a "./configure" to set it up, correct?
    I've done DOS, years ago - started out with a c64 in 1984, then an
Amstrad 8086 late in 86, then eventually moved to win 3.1, 95, 98, and now
XPpro...but the Linux commands are of course all different...so this is all
new to me. Even the books seem to concentrate on graphical use with Gnome or
KMD and using the RPM packages, kinda glossing over the command-line
interface. So it seems it's the unpacking/extracting thing that's giving me
fits...and ok, I'll bite on the other thing as well: what's a "CVS"? Yeah, I
know, probably stupid questions, but I gotta start somewhere. <grin>
thanks again...patrick.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Nielsen" <nielsen at oz.net>
To: "patrick friend" <k7ett at arrl.net>
Cc: <xastir at krypton.hscs.virginia.edu>
Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 12:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Xastir] XASTIR install?????

<snip>

> You didn't mention what file it was that you downloaded.  Is it the
> tarball from http://xastir.sourceforge.net or something different.
> RPM will only work with a .rpm package.  Possibly Red Hat or someone
> else packages Xastir, but the package may not be up-to-date (Xastir
> changes quite frequently, CVS will help you keep updated).
>
> If you have the .tar.gz archive, uncompress/unarchive it and read the
> README.1ST file.  This will answer nearly all of your questions
> relative to installing Xastir and maps.  With a high speed connection,
> such as with a cable modem, you don't even need to install any maps, as
> Xastir can be configured to download tiger maps from the internet.
>
> 73,
> Bob Nielsen, N7XY
>
>