[Xastir] OpenSuSE 10.3/Xastir

[Lee Bengston]

Good info!  Suse 10.2 was similar - I was able to get all of the
packages from repositories - only thing special I had to do was
downgrade Motif.  I didn't try Terraserver images, so for all I know I
have the same problem with GraphicsMagick.

Mandriva is also very good regarding repositories.  Without even
looking for anything special like a ham radio repository (not sure if
it exists), I was able to get all of the packages for compiling a
"full blown" Xastir including GDAL, Geotiff, and all the other things
I don't need :-) from the standard repositories with just two
exceptions - gpsman and gpsmanshp.  I was able to get those from the
author's web site in RPM's compatible with Mandriva, so it was almost
as easy as using the repositories.  The above was true for both the
Mandriva One 2007 Spring and Mandriva One 2008 versions.

Regards,

Lee - K5DAT
Murphy, TX

On Nov 6, 2007 10:33 AM, Curt, WE7U <archer at eskimo.com> wrote:
>
> On to the Xastir-specific info:
>
> I added several repositories to YaST including the ham radio 10.3
> repository, plus did an OS update.
>
> Using YaST I added all of the packages that Xastir would need, but I
> didn't install Xastir from the ham radio repository (It was in
> there, so I could have).  Instead I compiled/installed Xastir itself
> from sources.
>
> So...  I had to install NOTHING from sources except for Xastir
> itself, but I got ALL of the optional packages enabled.  This says a
> lot for the guys who are supporting the ham packages for SuSE!
>
> What _didn't_ work right out of the gate:
>
> Terraserver images.  They showed up entirely black.  I got rid of
> GraphicsMagick and installed ImageMagick.  They work now.  I believe
> this is only due to how the GM package was compiled.  SuSE needs to
> add one more command-line option to GM's configure while they're
> building their RPM package in order to make it work.
>
> Labels on sliders in the GUI:  I downgraded OpenMotif to an earlier
> version.  They work now.  This is a known Motif bug in alter
> versions.