[Xastir] still trying to install on Fedora 9
Eric Christensen
eric at christensenplace.us
Thu May 29 21:53:16 EDT 2008
SUDO YUM INSTALL XASTIR
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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