[Xastir] Ubuntu 6.06 Boostrap

[Bob Nielsen]

On Nov 4, 2006, at 11:12 AM, Rick Green wrote:

>> On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 22:03 -0500, Stephen Brown Jr wrote:
>>> There seems to be a lot of buzz around Ubuntu on this list  
>>> lately. We really
>>> need to add something to the official wiki on how to build this  
>>> from scratch
>>
> I've been lurking and following this thread, and learned a lot  
> about The complexities of pulling together all the necessry pieces  
> to compile xastir.  I remember fondly the three days I spent on  
> vacation several years ago, as I went thru this process, with  
> frequent email help from Curt, I haven't forgotten!  I must admit,  
> I haven't compiled it since I switched to Ubuntu, and I've been  
> satisfied with the stable version available in the repository, and  
> haven't felt the need to venture out to the bleeding edge of CVS.
>   I'm surprised, though, that all of the verious posters here have  
> missed the easy shortcuts that the Debian apt system provides  
> them.  In a .deb package are recorded all the packages upon which  
> this depends, so a simple 'apt-get install xastir' fetches not only  
> the binary, but every library that is needed at runtime.
>   Similarily, 'apt-get source xastir' will bring down not only the  
> source tree, but all the libraries' header files that are necessary  
> to compile it.
>   So I propose this simple HOWTO:
>
> apt-get install xastir
>    This downloads and installs a known working binary.  Configure  
> it, learn its user interface.  Have  fun!  I read a few days ago  
> that someone is working on an initial configuration script, that  
> simply asks for the user's callsign, does a lookup via QRZ.com of  
> the licensee's zipcode, and builds an initial config with that call  
> and location, a basic aprs-is interface filtered for a 100km  
> radius, and a tigermap zoomed to about 500 to display it.  I  
> heartily applaud this effort, since with one question, it will  
> allow the program to open with a usable, understandable display  
> right from the get-go!
>
> Once you've caught the bug, and you want the latest and greatest,  
> then:
>
> apt-get install build-essential
>    This will install the compiler, linker, kernel headers, make,  
> and the other tools necessary to do basic compiling and linking.
>
> apt-get source xastir
>    This will bring in the xastir source tree, along with all the  
> library headers (-dev packages) that are necessary to compile it.
>

You need to also use "apt-get build-dep xastir" to get the headers, etc.

> At this point, you have everything necessary to re-compile the same  
> binary you already have.  But you want to go forward, so:
>
> apt-get install cvs
>   This brings in the cvs source management tool, so now all that is  
> left is to use it to refresh and update the source tree you have,  
> and install any additional libraries (and their headers!) that  
> you'll need for the latest whiz-bang feature that you're itching to  
> try...
>
> -- 
> Rick Green, N8BJX
>
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