[Xastir] Xastir for MacOS X Binary

[Keith Kaiser]

I think your notes would be a great addition to the Wiki.

Thanks for all you did here Jeremy.

On Oct 29, 2009, at 12:54 AM, Jeremy McDermond wrote:

> Because of some problems folks were having with running this on  
> Leopard instead of Snow Leopard, I have compiled up a new version of  
> this distribution, and it's available at the same web page:  http://www.nh6z.net/xastir 
> .  I have no clue whether this will work on Tiger, as I don't have a  
> box to test it on.  Again, this will not work on non-Intel macs for  
> sure, because I haven't built this stuff as fat binaries.  It is  
> compiled as a 32- bit application though, so it will work on the  
> older Core Duo and Core Solo boxes that aren't 64 bit.
>
> I've also made a few changes.
>
> 1)  I figured out why map caching wasn't being enabled (lack of  
> Berkeley DB), so I enabled it and included Berkeley DB as an  
> internal framework in the app bundle.
>
> 2)  I updated to the latest version 1.9.7 out of the CVS  
> repository.  It should be fresh code as of today.
>
> I also wanted to remind people with this distribution that the share  
> directory is *inside* the application bundle.  So, if you want to  
> add maps, they need to go in there.  You can either do it by the  
> command line, and it will be inside the Resources directory, or you  
> can right click the bundle and choose "Show Package Contents".   
> You'll get a finder window that you can then navigate to Contents- 
> >Resources->share->xastir.  You'll find your maps directory and such  
> in there.
>
> Thanks for everyone's commentary and suggestions.  They've for sure  
> helped show me where things needed to be improved.  If folks are  
> truly interested, I'm happy to write up some notes on how this is  
> done and post them up somewhere.
>
> --
> Jeremy McDermond (NH6Z)
> Xenotropic Systems
> mcdermj at xenotropic.com
>
>
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73's
Keith Kaiser
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