[Xastir] Soundmodem installation error

[John Wilson]

On 08/10/2010 01:40 PM, Curt, WE7U wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Aug 2010, John Wilson wrote:
>
>> Because there isn't a compiled .015 version out yet, I downloaded the 
>> compressed file and attempted to follow the instructions for 
>> installation. Should this be installed from the home directory? How 
>> can I tell if it is installed properly?
>
> Any time you install from sources on a system that has real package
> management you have to make some choices as to whether or not to 
> corrupt your system directories with non-package-managed software.
>
> I try to install from sources only into the /usr/local/* heirarchy,
> which keeps them separate from anything my RPM package management
> might try to do (I mostly run OpenSuSE Linux).
>
> It's at the point where you mix and match compiled-from-sources bits
> with your package management installs that you may run into trouble.
> The package management tools keep a database of what's installed.
> You can invalidate bits of it if you're not careful, causing trouble
> later when you try to tweak something later with your package
> management tools.  For instance if you were to have one package
> installed via package management and then without removing it,
> install a newer package of the same from sources.  It's often
> difficult later to remember which you installed from packages and
> which from sources if you install them into the same areas.
>
> To answer your question more directly:  For Soundmodem you should be
> able to install it to your home directory or to the /usr/local/*
> areas without messing up your OS packages.
>
> If you're running Soundmodem as a Serial KISS Modem you can probably
> run it as a normal user (plus make sure that user belongs to the
> group that has read/write permissions for your serial ports you're
> using).
>
> If you're running Soundmodem as an AX.25 networking device you'll
> have to start it up as root.
>
Let me take a deeper look and see that I haven't pushed things beyond a 
retrievable point. Appreciate the input and will follow up with the outcome.

73 John