[Xastir] New xastir
Gerry Creager N5JXS
gerry.creager at tamu.edu
Sat Jan 10 10:10:02 EST 2004
Bob Nielsen wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 10:43:50PM -0800, Curt Mills wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Brian D Heaton wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Once you downloaded the file did you get it untar'd/unzip'd? One
>>>command that will do this is "tar -zxvf whateverthefileis.tar.gz".
>>>
>>> Once you have the file opened you can change into the "xastir"
>>>directory it will create. Read the files INSTALL and README
>>>completely. If you follow them step-by-step and to the letter you
>>>should end up with a working installation. If, after doing this, you
>>>have questions post them to the list and we'll all do our best to
>>>assist.
>>>
>>> Welcome to the club.
>>
>>And once you do that process once, the next installation from
>>source, whatever the package is, will seem easy. You'll really be
>>one of the linux crowd then!
>>
>>Many of the people on this list have had extensive experience in
>>installing packages from source. You'll get a lot of help here.
>
>
> Then before you know it you'll be running 'cvs update' twice a day and
> wondering why only a few files changed!
With all the stuff Curt and others are doing, you won't have to wonder
about a FEW changed files!
Gerry
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