[Xastir] still trying to install on Fedora 9

[Gerry Creager]

Real geeks don't use the GUI to update software;-)

gerry

kc7zru wrote:
> Thanks for the heads up on the "add remove software" changes! Looks like 
> we'll have to go CLI to keep things universal across GUI changes.
> 
> I've modified the entry in the Wiki to make it work for releases from F7 
> to F9 - lemme know what you think.
> 
> FWIW, I've built Xastir on 3 different F9 machines using that Wiki 
> 'checklist' - just never had to install the development stuff. The CVS 
> servers can be slow - very slow - too )@#! slow at times. But they do 
> work, eventually.
> 
> 73
> 
> ke5c at hot.rr.com wrote:
>>  BTW, an earlier part of the wiki doesn't work with Fedora 9. The 
> package management is quite different in Fedora 9, and there is no 
> Applications>Add/Remove Software option.  Instead we have 
> System>Administration>Add/Remove packages but you have to specify 
> individual packages, not "development tools:.  Below does not exist:
>>
>> If by chance, you didn't install Fedora with the required development 
>> tools, start the 'Add/Remove Software' tool from the Applications 
>> Menu. Choose 'Development' and make sure you have the following groups 
>> installed:
>>
>>     * Development Libraries
>>     * Development Tools
>>     * Gnome or KDE development (depending on your desktop of choice)
>>     * X Software Development
>>
>> I've heard of folks successfully building Xastir on Fedora 9, so I 
>> guess I need to find the source somewhere other than cvs?
>>
>> 73 -- john
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