[Xastir] Ubuntu 10.04 proj package

David Aitcheson david.aitcheson at gmail.com
Tue Jun 22 01:33:17 EDT 2010


There ALREADY IS a Xastir PPA in Launchpad!

All Lee has to do is register at Launchpad and join the Xastir PPA
unless I am missinformed.

73
Dave
KB3EFS


On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:09 AM, James Cameron <vk2lqz at wia.org.au> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:51:53PM -0500, Lee Bengston wrote:
>> I'm kicking myself for not looking into how to make deb packages
>> sooner, because it turned out to be simpler than I expected.  I have a
>> deb for Ubuntu 10.04 now and also one for Debian Lenny (tested and
>> found to work on Mepis 8.5).  I'll post them sometime tomorrow for
>> anyone who cares to be a guinea pig.
>
> Yes, it is surprisingly easy.  I've made a few myself.
>
> Post them, I'll try them for you.
>
> Another thing you might like to look into is setting yourself up a
> Launchpad PPA (personal package archive), where you put the .deb files,
> and then this makes it somewhat easier for Ubuntu users to install and
> then track the updates to your package.
>
> Making it easier is what software is all about.  The Ubuntu PPA users
> generally need to click on a link and then agree to what is proposed,
> then they are off and downloading.  Next step is starting the
> application from the menus.
>
> --
> James Cameron
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