[Xastir] Help needed--installing xastir 2.0

Mon Jul 23 22:51:38 EDT 2012

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 07:10:54PM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <kellyboswell at yahoo.com> flavor, containing:
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> I find in my "Home" folder (or directory, whichever it is called) there is a file called ubuntu-xastir-cvsbuild.sh??? .? In Home/src/ there is one folder called "xastir".? It has several subordinate folders and files, none of which end in "cnf".? 

It's best not to use the graphical "file manager" type interface.  It tends to 
hide files and directories that start with ".".  You want to use a 
command-line interface (I believe in Ubuntu this is under 
Applications->Accessories, called "Terminal").

For that matter, normal command-line utilities will hide such files, too,
unless you give them special options.  For example, when listing a directory
from the command line with the "ls" program, you won't see files with "." 
at the beginning unless you add the "-a" option, as in "ls -a"

> Wait a minute.....I also see a folder?"usr" with subordinate folders including "local".? In fact, I can follow a pathway of /usr/local/share/xastir/symbols and see a file called 2x2.xbm?? So, I think what I'm needing is here.. I just need to find a way to steer things to?it.

Yes, that's where the symbols live, but you need

> Using gedit, I have opened ~/src/xastir/configure? . On line 533 (I counted my way down), under the category Initializations. there is a line that says? "ac_default_prefix=/usr/local"??? . For additional reference, on line 540 it begins the "Identify of this package." followed by PACKAGE_NAME='xastir', PACKAGE_TARNAME= 'xastir',PACKAGE_VERSION='2.0.1', and so forth.? Line 548, ac_unique_file="src/xastir.h"??? Is there where I need to be looking?

Don't mess with ~/src/xastir/configure.  There lies the path to
breaking your source code directory.

Xastir's configuration files are hidden in a directory called ".xastir" under
your home directory (in Unix parlance --- in Windows parlance this is a 
"folder").  The fastest and most efficient way to do this is to open a terminal
window and navigate to that directory, using the "cd ~/.xastir/config" command.
Then edit the file xastir.cnf using a text editor such as "vi" or "nano".  If
you want to learn Linux to its fullest potential, this is the path that
the enlightened would have you take.

But if you really want to use the desktop manager, then you have to play some
games.

Under the "Places" menu, select "Home Folder."  Then under the "View" menu,
select "Show Hidden Files."  You will then be able to see icons for files and
folders that start with "." --- these are normally hidden.  Once you can see
the ".xastir" folder, you can open it with a double click, and then you'll
see the xastir.cnf file.  Double clicking it should open "gedit" which will 
allow you to edit the file.  You can even use its "Replace..." option to 
find all occurrances of /usr/share/ and replace them with /usr/local/share/

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> > > Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:51:49 -0600
> > From: Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org>
> > To: Kelly Boswell <kellyboswell at yahoo.com>,??? Xastir - APRS client
> > ??? software discussion <xastir at lists.xastir.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Xastir] Help needed--installing xastir 2.0
> > Message-ID: <20120721215149.GA17698 at bogodyn.org>
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> > On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 03:49:30PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron 
> > collision of the <russo at bogodyn.org> flavor, containing:
> >>? On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 02:18:40PM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron 
> > collision of the <kellyboswell at yahoo.com> flavor, containing:
> >>? > Hi gang;
> >>? > ?
> >>? > I was upgrading to Xastir 2.0. following the instructions at the wiki 
> > (xastir.org/wiki/HowTo:Ubuntu_12.04) .? But, I did something wrong.? 
> >>? > ?
> >>? > When type XASTIR in the terminal, I get the following:
> >>? > XReadBitmapFile( ) failed: Bitmap not found?? 
> > /usr/share/xastir/symbols/2x2xbm
> >>? > ?
> >>? > What did I do?
> >>? > ?
> >>? > Can someone guide me?through correcting my problem?? Offline will be 
> > fine.
> >>? > ?
> >> 
> >>? We prefer to do on-line answers here, so that everyone benefits from the 
> >>? answers.
> >> 
> >>? Are you upgrading from a prior binary install?
> >> 
> >>? Here's why I ask:? Linux package managers like to put all installed 
> > stuff into
> >>? /usr (/usr/bin, /usr/lib, /usr/share, etc.).? But when you build from 
> > source,
> >>? the default behavior is to put things in /usr/local (/usr/local/bin, 
> >>? /usr/local/lib, /usr/local/share).
> >> 
> >>? When you first install Xastir from a binary package and run it, all of your
> >>? config files (in ~/.xastir/config) get set up to look for support files in
> >>? /usr/share/xastir.? If you then do an upgrade to a later version from 
> > source,
> >>? the files that the old package had in /usr/share are now in 
> > /usr/local/share.
> >> 
> >>? The best way to fix this issue is to edit your ~/.xastir/config/xastir.cnf
> >>? file in your normal text editor of choice and change all references to 
> >>? "/usr/share" to "/usr/local/share".? The error message 
> > you are getting will
> >>? go away.
> > 
> > This is, by the way, right at the top of the wiki page you referenced, under
> > "If you alread installed the binary version", where it says:
> > 
> > ?? Then you need to edit your ~/.xastir/config/xastir.cnf file to change all 
> > ?? occurances of "/usr/share" to "/usr/local/share"
> > 
> > It may be easy to miss, though, as it's not highlighted the way all of the 
> > cut-and-paste-able commands are.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Tom Russo? ? KM5VY?? SAR502?? DM64ux? ? ? ? ? http://www.swcp.com/~russo/
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> > "And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you 
> > get is
> > one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh,
> > oooh, the sky is the limit!"? --- The Tick
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"And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is
 one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh,
 oooh, the sky is the limit!"  --- The Tick