[Xastir] mac version of xastir yielding error

Bob Nielsen n7xy at clearwire.net
Sat Mar 7 15:40:54 EST 2009


How did you install openmotif in the first place?  Both fink and  
macports have an uninstall command.

On Mar 7, 2009, at 9:21 AM, Keith Kaiser wrote:

> In this thread you said you tried both openmotif and lesstif. I've  
> been told and believe that openmotif is the cause of the problem I  
> have with some of the menus in Xastir. But no one has ever been  
> able to give me a step by step instruction on how to remove it.  
> I've tried all the vague instructions, I've asked the Apple forums,  
> I've asked people here all without any luck.
>
> Step by step, how do I uninstall openmotif so I can install lesstif?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> On Feb 5, 2009, at 7:50 PM, C. Griffin wrote:
>
>> On Feb 5, 2009, at 19:43, Erich J. Ritzmann wrote:
>>
>>> Leopard/10.5.6 on a PowerBook G4 12" 1Ghz, with 1.2 gig RAM.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> What version of XQuartz are you running (http:// 
>> xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki)? Do you have lesstif or some  
>> other OpenMotif installed (I prefer lesstif as I've had fewer  
>> problems with it)? See below for my variant of the directions for  
>> installation.
>>
>>
>> 73,
>> --de Chip (N1MIE) FN41bn
>>
>> Installing Xastir on a Mac: (use in concert with the INSTALL doc  
>> file which has more detail I don't wish to reproduce here)
>> 	by Chip (N1MIE) n1mie at arrl.net
>>
>> 1. Install a Motif package (openmotif or lesstif can be installed  
>> via Fink) [I found openmotif caused problems on my system (odd  
>> menu issues), so I removed and installed lesstif which worked  
>> great. You may also need to try it both ways.]
>>
>> 2. Ensure an entry similar to the below is in your '.bashrc' or  
>> '.bash_profile' file:
>> 	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib
>>
>> *3. Install libproj (can be installed as 'proj' via Fink)
>> 	Install/update libtiff (can be installed via Fink)
>> 	Install libgeotiff
>> 		download and uncompress file (http://www.remotesensing.org/ 
>> geotiff/geotiff.html)
>> 		"./configure" or "./configure --prefix=/sw" (second places files  
>> same place as Fink)
>> 		"sudo make"
>> 		"sudo make install"
>>
>> *4. Install ShapeLib
>> 		download and uncompress file (http://shapelib.maptools.org)
>> 		"cc -c shpopen.c"
>> 		"cc -c shptree.c"
>> 		"cc -c dbfopen.c"
>> 		"ar cru libshp.a shpopen.o shptree.o dbfopen.o"
>> 		"sudo cp libshp.a /sw/lib"
>> 		"sudo ranlib /sw/lib/libshp.a"
>> 		"sudo mkdir /sw/include/libshp"
>> 		"sudo cp shapefil.h /sw/include/libshp/"
>>
>> *5. Install ImageMagick (can be installed via Fink) [I had  
>> problems when I used a pre-6.2 version]
>> 	or install GraphicsMagick (download from site and follow Mac OS X  
>> instructions found in PLATFORM.txt) -- there is a mistake in this  
>> file it says to issue a command "ln -s sw /sw" but it should read  
>> "ln -s /sw sw", the make will not work until this link is made
>>
>> *6. Install wget or curl (normally already present on OS X Macs)
>>
>> *7. Install gpsman and gpsmanshp (I haven't tried this) [Not  
>> available via Fink]
>>
>> *8. Install Festival (I haven't tried this)
>>
>> *9. Install GDAL (can be installed via Fink, must be done manually  
>> on Intel Macs unless you enable Fink unstable tree)
>> 		download and uncompress file (http://remotesensing.org/gdal/)
>> 		"./configure --prefix=/sw --with-local=/sw/lib --with- 
>> gif=internal --with-jpeg=internal" (may need to modify if you  
>> don't use Fink)
>> 		"sudo make"
>> 		"sudo make install"
>>
>> *10. Install Berkeley DataBase (can be installed via Fink)
>>
>> 11. Build Xastir (commands need to be executed from within  
>> directory where Xastir source resides)
>> 		"./bootstrap.sh"
>> 		"./configure --with-bdb-libdir=/sw/lib --with-bdb-incdir=/sw/ 
>> include/db4"
>> 			or "./configure --with-bdb-libdir=/sw/lib --with-bdb-incdir=/sw/ 
>> include/db4 --prefix=/sw" (latter for use with Fink)
>> 			You can type "./configure --help" to get a list of all options.  
>> Two other good options are "--with-rtree" and "--with-profiling".
>>
>>
>> * Optional installs
>>
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