[Xastir] New OSx user

[Mike Fenske]

Hello Jason & All,

After years of using MS-Windows, I have just made the change to mac and now have a new iMac. Although I will continue running Xastir on my linux box as the main instance, I would like to get Xastir running on my new iMac and connect it to the server port of my linux Xastir.

My question is which method to use to install Xastir on OS-X Leopard? I have seen options using macports and fink and now building packages from source.

I have installed X11 and xcode tools and grabbed the latest xastir source via cvs. Now I guess I need at least lesstif and shapelib. I tried fink, but I get an error installing lesstif.

Haven't given macports a try, but from the recent comments, I will have some problems.

So, maybe install lesstif from source. Any pointers where to start?

Thanks,

Mike Fenske
VE7MKF


Jason KG4WSV wrote:
> Keith,
> 
> I haven't had time to chase this, but it is high on my list to get
> working, as 2 of my 3 macs are running leopard now.  (The other one is
> held back because xastir works!)
> 
> I prefer to build from source instead of using fink or macports due to
> some problems I had in the past.  Judging from some recent comments, a
> few problems still exist.
> 
> Once we get 6 (!) balloon flights out of the way in the next couple of
> weeks, I can give this a bit higher priority.
> 
> -Jason
> kg4wsv