[Xastir] Ubuntu 6.10 Bootstrap error

[John Ronan]

On 1 Nov 2006, at 22:49, Dick C. Reichenbach wrote:

> 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.
Mmm.. I dunno about that.. your making the assumption that the person  
has an internet connection... I wouldn't, but thats just me.


>   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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