[Xastir] Compiling help

[James Jolin]

Stephen - K1LNX wrote:
> I'm attempting to compile/install Xastir 1.9.3 on Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit. 
> I installed all the dependencies (the best I can tell anyhow), but I 
> can't seem to get map caching support enabled?
>
> xastir 1.9.3 has been configured to use the following
> options and external libraries:
>
> MINIMUM OPTIONS:
>  ShapeLib (Vector maps) ................. : yes
>
> RECOMMENDED OPTIONS:
>  GraphicsMagick/ImageMagick (Raster maps) : yes (ImageMagick)
>  pcre (Shapefile customization) ......... : yes
>  dbfawk (Shapefile customization) ....... : yes
>  rtree indexing (Shapefile speedups) .... : yes
>  map caching (Raster map speedups) ...... : no
>  internet map retrieval ................. : yes (libcurl)
>
> FOR THE ADVENTUROUS:
>  AX25 (Linux Kernel I/O Drivers) ........ : yes
>  libproj (USGS Topos & Aerial Photos) ... : yes
>  GeoTiff (USGS Topos & Aerial Photos) ... : yes
>  Festival (Text-to-speech) .............. : yes
>  GDAL/OGR (Obtuse map formats) .......... : no
>  GPSMan/gpsmanshp (GPS downloads) ....... : yes
>
> xastir will be installed in /usr/local/bin.
> Type 'make' to build Xastir (Use 'gmake' instead on some systems).
>
>
> Also coudn't get GDAL support compiled in, not too much of a concern 
> as I don't have anything I will be using with it.
>
> I also tried enabling map caching support with the following command:
>
> ./configure --enable-map-caching=YES
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
> tnx
> Stephen
> K1LNX
Stephen,
Have you installed the Berkley database files?  They are db something or 
other.  You should find them by searching with Snaptic.  You might want 
to use the wiki how-to on the xastir site...it has all the stuff for 
installing for *buntu distros.
73, Jim