[Xastir] XASTIR install?????

[Gerry Creager]

My personal preference is the 'sudo' command.  Instead of su.

It's a security thing.  One shouldn't overuse the root password or 
account, especially if, like me, you do a lot over networks...

gerry

Curt Mills, WE7U wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Robert Donnell wrote:
> 
> 
>>Curt forgot a couple of minor steps - like the "make" step, to actually
>>compile the patched code, and the "su" so you can log in as root temporarily
>>to do "make install" and have it succeed.  Guess Curt's in a hurry  :-)
> 
> 
> Actually you can skip the "make" and go straight to "make install" or
> "make install-strip".
> 
> The "su" you _do_ need though.  Just before the "make install".
> 
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