[Xastir] Setup.

[Brian D Heaton]

Erik,

On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 02:40, Erik Jakobsen wrote:
> Hi Brian.
> 
> Brian D Heaton wrote:
> > Erik,
> > 
> > 	First off I think you'll need to use the file "inf2geo.pl" in the
> > "scripts" directory to convert the ".inf" files associated with your
> > Ui-View maps to something Xastir can work with.
> 
> Ok, I'll see if I have the file, and then install it.
> 
> I have just googled the file, but I cannot find it. Can you tell me 
> where I can get it ?
> 
In the source snapshot you downloaded there is a directory called
"scripts" you'll find inf2geo.pl in there. Do a quick "less inf2geo.pl"
and you can read the usage information at the top of the file.



> Yes I have: # rpm -q ImageMagick-devel
> ImageMagick-devel-5.5.4-28
> 
> # rpm -q ImageMagick
> ImageMagick-5.5.4-103
> 
> Thanks for the inforamtion on why ther devel packages are necessary.
> 
That looks OK so far.  Can You do an "rpm -qa | grep ImageMagick" and
send me that?  There are some additional ImageMagick packages that can
also be installed.  Just so you know, ImageMagick is the library that
gives the developers to most headaches.  It seems the APIs keep changing
between versions.


> I'm not running Redhat. I use SuSE 8.2.
> 
Ahh, got it.  I'm not that familiar with SuSE, but we can work with it.

> > 	Did you follow the INSTALL file step-by-step to make sure you have all
> > the packages loaded up?  I know that you can get tripped up pretty
> > easily by installing libgeotiff before libproj.  
> 
> Yes I did. But not the all the mentioned in the "Short summary of 
> libraries Xastir can use".
> 
> I have this installed:
> 
> # rpm -q tiff
> tiff-3.5.7-204
> 
If you hve tiff-3.5.7, you'll have to use libgeotiff < 1.2.x.  This is
due to the APIs in libtiff.  I highly recommend you install at least
proj, geotiff, and shapelib.  The others are nice, but if you've got
these (and tiff of course) you are setup for the vast majority of the
maps available.

			THX/BDH