[Xastir] Installing Xastir 1.9.9 on Ubuntu

[Tom Russo]

On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 01:18:40PM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <kc4lzn at gmail.com> flavor, containing:
> Being new to Linux, I have been simply amazed at some of the simple 
> things in Linux. Packaged with it was Xastir 1.9.4. It loaded and I 
> worked it with no issues. When I found out that Open Source Maps were 
> available and usable in version 1.9.9, I made the switch...or have been 
> trying to.
> 
> I have compiled, configured and installed and have hit a brick wall. It 
> has to do with the Motif Headers.**** NO MOTIF HEADERS FOUND ****
> 
> I downloaded openmotif-2.3.0.tar.gz and extracted it to a folder. Ran 
> ./configure. It seemed to do what it needed to do but apparently not, 
> otherwise I wouldn't be getting the errors I am.
> 
> Is there a "checklist" I can run down to see that I have everything I 
> need and if I don't have it, a point where I can get it to properly 
> install version 1.9.9?

Yes.  See the wiki "Installation Notes" section on www.xastir.org.  There are
quite explicit steps laid out for getting Xastir built on a variety of systems,
including Ubuntu of several vintages.

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