[Xastir] OSX Response

[Chip Griffin]

On Dec 7, 2007, at 12:32, Curt, WE7U wrote:

>> Is there a guide to compiling/installing on OSX? I just bought a  
>> Macbook
>> (should have it Monday) and I want to get Xastir running on it. I  
>> looked
> on
>> the Wiki but didn't see anything there.....
>
> Check out the README and INSTALL files in the Xastir distribution.
> The information might be a bit dated there, but still might be
> useful.


Stephen-K1LNX,

Below are the notes I made to help me remember how to install it. I  
often use Fink (and have used MacPorts) to help install support  
packages. I have also installed all from scratch. Feel free to  
contact here or directly if you have questions.

Now I just re-read the quoted text and I see that you purchased a new  
Macbook. If it is brand new then it will have Leopard installed.  
Generally this is good, but the X11 (X Windows) that ships with it  
has some issues. I recommend going to http://xquartz.sourceforge.org  
and follow the directions to update the X11 and associated libraries  
and miscellaneous other parts. I have been using it on one machine  
with good success (the others are still with Tiger). Again, if you  
have questions feel free to contact direct.


73,
--de Chip (N1MIE) FN41bn



Last updated 7/2007

> Installing Xastir on a Mac: (use in concert with the INSTALL doc  
> file which has more detail I don't wish to reproduce here)
> 	by Chip (N1MIE) n1mie at arrl.net
>
>  1. Install a Motif package (openmotif or lesstif can be installed  
> via Fink) [I found openmotif caused problems on my system (odd menu  
> issues), so I removed and installed lesstif which worked great. You  
> may also need to try it both ways.]
>
>  2. Ensure an entry similar to the below is in your '.bashrc' or  
> '.bash_profile' file:
> 	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib
>
> *3. Install libproj (can be installed as 'proj' via Fink)
> 	Install/update libtiff (can be installed via Fink)
> 	Install libgeotiff
> 		download and uncompress file (http://www.remotesensing.org/ 
> geotiff/geotiff.html)
> 		"./configure" or "./configure --prefix=/sw" (second places files  
> same place as Fink)
> 		"sudo make"
> 		"sudo make install"
>
> *4. Install ShapeLib
> 		download and uncompress file (http://shapelib.maptools.org)
> 		"cc -c shpopen.c"
> 		"cc -c shptree.c"
> 		"cc -c dbfopen.c"
> 		"ar cru libshp.a shpopen.o shptree.o dbfopen.o"
> 		"sudo cp libshp.a /sw/lib"
> 		"sudo ranlib /sw/lib/libshp.a"
> 		"sudo mkdir /sw/include/libshp"
> 		"sudo cp shapefil.h /sw/include/libshp/"
>
> *5. Install ImageMagick (can be installed via Fink) [I had problems  
> when I used a pre-6.2 version]
>
> *6. Install wget or curl (normally already present on OS X Macs)
>
> *7. Install gpsman and gpsmanshp (I haven't tried this) [Not  
> available via Fink]
>
> *8. Install Festival (I haven't tried this)
>
> *9. Install GDAL (can be installed via Fink, must be done manually  
> on Intel Macs unless you enable Fink unstable tree)
> 		download and uncompress file (http://remotesensing.org/gdal/)
> 		"./configure --prefix=/sw --with-local=/sw/lib --with- 
> gif=internal --with-jpeg=internal" (may need to modify if you don't  
> use Fink)
> 		"sudo make"
> 		"sudo make install"
>
> *10. Install Berkeley DataBase (can be installed via Fink)
>
>  11. Build Xastir (commands need to be executed from within  
> directory where Xastir source resides)
>  		"./bootstrap.sh"
>  		"./configure --with-bdb-libdir=/sw/lib --with-bdb-incdir=/sw/ 
> include/db4"
>  			or "./configure --with-bdb-libdir=/sw/lib --with-bdb-incdir=/sw/ 
> include/db4 --prefix=/sw" (latter for use with Fink)
>  			You can type "./configure --help" to get a list of all options.  
> Two other good options are "--with-rtree" and "--with-profiling".
>
>
> * Optional installs
>