[Xastir] still trying to install on Fedora 9

Eric Christensen eric at christensenplace.us
Thu May 29 21:53:16 EDT 2008


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Gerry Creager wrote:
> 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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