[Xastir] Upgrading Xastir?

[Bruce W. Martin, KQ4TV]

I think the README.cvs file covers the subject well. it is in the  
xastir directory if you downloaded the source and compiled it.  
otherwise it is available on line in the documentation portion of the  
xastir website. You will probably want to remove xastir first if you  
used apt-get to install it. Then you can download the source using  
CVS and compile xastir.
I am still hesitant to use cvs with other products because their  
documentation on how to best use cvs with their product is lacking.  
With Xastir the README.cvs gives you a pretty good step-by-step  
instruction guide. CVS is the only way I update my xastir now and it  
insures that my version of xastir is probably not more than 4 hours  
out of date. If I read about a fix on the list I know that about 4  
hours later I can do a cvs update, ./bootstrap.sh, ./configure, make,  
sudo make install, and I will have the latest version of xastir. With  
my new MacBook this takes less then 5 minutes. On my Mac mini it  
takes about 15 minutes and in my linux machines it takes about 20-40  
minutes. I think my fastest linux machine is a 1GHz Athelon.

Bruce


On Aug 29, 2006, at 8:02 AM, hasan schiers wrote:

> I have version 1.7.0 up and running nicely. (agwpe interface). It  
> has corrupted video at the start of the file menu (last 3 letters  
> or so missing). I have changed video cards, I have put it on a  
> different machine, same results.
>
> It's time to upgrade.So, having never done this before, I need very  
> specific and detailed help on how to upgrade Xastir. I don't know  
> what the current version is, I'll browse the web and see what I can  
> find.
>
> I'm running Linspire 5.0, and it has some specific warnings about  
> using "apt get" to install applications possibly breaking their  
> "Click and Run" CNR auto download and install system that is built  
> into Linspire.
>
> Questions: (be patient with me, I'm very new to Linspire/Linux)
>
> 1. Precisely how do I upgrade Xastir? (I'm only using Tiger on-line  
> maps)
>
> 2. How does the CVS system work, and would that be a better route  
> to go (does it use apt get or what?)
>
> I need VERY detailed instructions like:
>
> a. Download it from "this location", using "....." command syntax.
> b. Extract the file using ".....", and extract it to "......"
> c. Issue the following commands to compile.... (and any editing  
> required of a makefile, if that's what it uses)
>
> Thanks,
>
> hasan, N0AN