[Xastir] Ubuntu 6.10 Bootstrap error

[Dick C. Reichenbach]

I'm working on similar ideas.  With the exception is that I wanted to do 
a FreeSBIE live disc.

One of the things that I have mostly done is a script that will 
automaticly look up your rough QTH based on your callsign.  So input 
your call and the script automaticly puts that into the xastir.cnf 
before starting xastir up.  For a live CD that's kinda important.  
Another simple idea is a script that will add in interfaces based on 
preset choices.  I also have an idea to do some work on the tiger data, 
so that the entire USA down to State Routes, but not local roads,  will 
fit on a 4.7G DVD.   I already download the whole 2005SE data set, so 
it's just a matter of processing the lot. 

Soundmodem is another great idea, but it absolutly hates FreeBSD. 

I wish I wasn't so darned lazy.

Dick R. - KC8OBZ

Stephen Brown Jr wrote:

> "I'm hoping to use it to build a ubuntu xastir livecd (we should probably
> discuss a common set of features on the list).... its not starting out 
> well
> :)"
>
> I totally support that idea, in fact I have toyed with the idea of 
> creating
> an Ubuntu ham radio version CD that is installable with commonly used ham
> radio applications, Xastir being one of them.
>
> As far as features, at a bare minimum I would love to see a fully 
> featured
> Xastir install and a fully working AX.25 stack out of the box, along with
> maybe FBB etc. I tried to get FBB and AX.25 working under 6.06 and had
> nothing but problems, could have been me I don't know lol.
>
> Then maybe we could add in some of the more common stuff like gpsk, xlog,
> etc. I would also like to mess with soundmodem some more, I never got 
> that
> working satisfactorily under Ubuntu either.
>
> This distro has a lot of room to grow. I wish they would backport more of
> the ham radio apps as building things under Ubuntu can sometimes be a 
> pain
> in the ass......
>
> Stephen
> N1VLV
>
>
> On 11/1/06, John Ronan <jronan at tssg.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> HI Tom,
>> On 1 Nov 2006, at 16:35, Tom Russo wrote:
>>
>> > On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 04:24:09PM +0000, we recorded a bogon-
>> > computron collision of the <jronan at tssg.org> flavor, containing:
>> >> 0n at lab-laptop:~/sources/xastir$ aclocal --version
>> >> aclocal (GNU automake) 1.4-p6
>> >
>> > That's really old, indicating a very outdated automake package.
>> >
>> Balls...
>> >> j0n at lab-laptop:~/sources/xastir$ automake --version
>> >> automake (GNU automake) 1.4-p6
>> >
>> > Yep.
>> >
>> > Per README.CVS, you  need at least automake version 1.6.3 and
>> > autoconf 2.53
>> > to build CVS xastir.  You've got a recent autoconf, but a woefully
>> > out of
>> > date automake (the automake I use for xastir is 1.9.6).
>>
>> I figured that it was so 'new' that it wouldnt' be using out of date
>> packages... thats a pain in the ass.
>> >
>> > The best bet for doing this without mucking with your system's
>> > autotools is
>> > to download automake and autoconf sources (www.gnu.org will get you
>> > started),
>> > then configure them with "--prefix" options so they go to some
>> > nonstandard place (say, ~/src/xastir/bin -- this is what I've done
>> > on some
>> > particularly rude systems),  then build and install them there.
>> > It's the
>> > work of a few seconds, as these tools are small.  Once you've got
>> > that done,
>> > just put that nonstandard place earlier in your path than the system's
>> > autoconf/automake location, and you should be good to go.
>>
>> This machine is being used solely with xastir... so I think I'll
>> remove automake and install it from source. I'm hoping to use it to
>> build a ubuntu xastir livecd (we should probably discuss a common set
>> of features on the list).... its not starting out well :)
>>
>> Thanks
>> John
>>
>> -- 
>> John Ronan <jronan at tssg.org>, +353-51-302938
>> Telecommunications Software &  Systems Group,  http://www.tssg.org
>>
>>
>>
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