[Xastir] Deep Breaths

[Jason Winningham]

First off, there are at least three ways to build xastir on Mac OS X:  
build using fink, build using darwinports, and build in /usr/local/  
directly from source.  It _really_ helps to know which one you're  
attempting.

If you are building from source without the use of fink or  
darwinports, take a look at n1ofz's notes on the subject:

http://n1ofz.connares.org/software/Xastir_old

There are some xastir support packages that don't build correctly on  
Mac OS X, so you have to do a bit of work by hand to complete the  
isntall.

There is also a precompiled binary for xastir 1.8.1 at http:// 
n1ofz.connares.org/software/Xastir in case you want to skip all this  
mucking around with source code.

> I have ImageMagick installed, but on two of my three machines
> configure will not recognize it. I have libgeotiff installed, but on
> one of my three machines configure will not recognize it. I have GDAL
> installed, but on one of my three machines configure will not
> recognize it.

In all three cases, look in config.log for clues - specific error  
messages that show up when config is looking for the packages.

In some cases the support package builds a shared library, but  
doesn't run "ranlib" on it.  When this occurs, you'll usually see a  
message that mentions running ranlib on something that's out of date.

> I seem to recall this has to do with a couple of things: configure
> switches

If you're using fink or darwinports, you may have to tell configure  
not only to use package XYZ, but where to _find_ it.  I think that an  
appropriately configured PATH will generally allow xastir's config  
program to locate support packages.

> and special environmental variables set in my .bash_profile.
> I started in the second already but haven't had luck in finding the
> answer.

Check config.log.  For example, if configure tries to run the  
"convert" command to test and see if you have ImageMagick installed,  
make sure you can type convert at the command line and run the  
program.  IF not, adjust your PATH until you can.



In any event, be specific (and verbose, even) about how you're  
building (fink, darwinports, /usr/local/ manual build, etc) and any  
errors that show up.  In the case of configure not finding the  
packages the error may not appear to be an error, but just another  
message buried in config.log.

-Jason
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