[Xastir] Upgrading Xastir?

[James Ewen]

>I wouldn't recommend CVS to a newbie.

CVS isn't very hard... getting a system configured to allow you to compile 
can be.


>> I need VERY detailed instructions like:

Hasan, you have two options... use what you have and be happy with it, or 
get ready to jump in with both feet. I tried doing what you are doing almost 
a year ago. I turned my laptop into a Linux machine. I tried a number of 
different flavours of Linux, and was extremely frustated in the end. If you 
attempt to use an "easy to use" version of linux with a click-n-run system, 
you'll only get what applications the developer has available.

With the fluid nature of Xastir (ie hourly updates) you will be stuck with a 
version that is quite a few revisions back. Most of the ready-to-eat 
versions of Linux don't include the ingredients needed to make your own 
programs from scratch. You need to have a bunch of things like specific 
libraries and also a compiler. These are all available, but it can be a task 
gathering everything and getting it working.

However, if you do succeed in getting that all together and working, keeping 
Xastir up to date is a snap. Xastir has a file that you call that does it 
all for you. You just need to get things in place and working before you can 
do that.

BTW, for your info I am back to running Xastir under Cygwin. The 
instructions for Cygwin a absolutely perfect. Any idiot can follow them and 
get things running. I'm living proof!

James
VE6SRV


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