[Xastir] installing xastir from fedora repositories

[Eric Christensen]

The version of Xastir in the yum repository still has a few kinks to 
iron out, first.  I think the biggest part that isn't working properly 
is online maps.  The problem exists somewhere around the libcurl, I 
think, but I'm not sure exactly.  There is an open bug report on Red 
Hat's Bugzilla (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435616) that 
has some of the information.

If you want to setup Xastir on Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Fedora 7 or 8 
I'd recommend using the yum repo but not until that has been fixed. 
I'll be happy to advise the group when those issues have been fixed.

The instructions on the howto:fedora page is right on if you want to go 
ahead do your install now.  The only advantage of using the yum repo is 
automatic updates when new versions become available.

73,
Eric W4OTN



Neville A. Cross wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Some weeks ago I started to try Fedora 8 and AX25. Fedora 8 solved a
> lot of problems having ax25 already compiled as a module. It is just
> matter of loading the module, no more compiling custom kernels. The
> development of the Fedora Ham SIG has gone so fast that the things
> that I were struggling a month ago, by now are solved with just a YUM
> command.
> 
> In these tests I worked a little with Xastir using the ax25
> implementation. Because I am working in spanish guide to fedora and
> ax25, I formatted my computer to test what you really need to have in
> order to setup ax25. It really is just the yum command for libax25,
> ax25-tools and ax25apps. But Now I am going to install Xastir again.
> Now Xastir is included on the repositories.
> 
> Reviewing the Xastir wep page, specially the howto:fedora, I
> understand that the only change is that now, instead of using CVS to
> obtain and install Xastir, I will use YUM. The rest remains the same.
> 
> Have anyone tested this?
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