[Xastir] New xastir

Bob Nielsen nielsen at oz.net
Sat Jan 10 14:20:44 EST 2004


On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 09:10:02AM -0600, Gerry Creager N5JXS wrote:
> 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!
> 

Only when CVS breaks!



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