[Xastir] Xastir on the Raspberry Pi

[David A Aitcheson]

John,

I see where you are going with this and understand your reasoning.

Thank you.

73
Dave
KB3EFS


On 11/23/2013 03:25 PM, John Gorkos wrote:
> The problem is, it doesn¡¯t work.  The underlying dependencies aren¡¯t
> fulfilled properly.  The problem is something like this:  gpsmanshp
> requires Tcl8.4 (because that¡¯s how it¡¯s compiled), but raspbian ships
> with Tcl8.5.  The ¡°correct¡± answer is to recompile/repackage gpsman with
> Tcl8.5, but there¡¯s a huge number of dependencies that go into compiling
> Tcl, and it rapidly gets overwhelming.  At the end of the day, I¡¯d be
> running my own Debian pool for a one-off architecture, which really isn¡¯t
> where I want to go.  Additionally, it takes over an hour to compile a new
> version of Xastir on the PI (I¡¯m not cross compiling, I¡¯m doing it
> natively on a Pi).  I want to get this to a point where it¡¯s automatic,
> and pull the daily snapshot, compile it, and upload it to the web server
> with no human intervention.
>
> Xastir as it¡¯s compiled now is perfectly capable of using a GPS.  Here¡¯s
> the description of GPSMan:
> Description: GPS data graphical manager
>  GPS Manager (GPSMan) is a graphical manager of GPS data that makes
> possible the preparation, inspection and edition of GPS data in a friendly
> environment. GPSMan supports communication and real-time logging
>  with both Garmin and Lowrance receivers and accepts real-time logging
> information in NMEA 0183 from any GPS receiver.
> Do you use the GPSMan capability of Xastir?  Can someone tell me what it
> does?  If it¡¯s mission critical, I¡¯ll see what I can do.  I¡¯m already
> doing that for geotiff (I¡¯m going to compile my own library against
> graphicsmagick and put it up on the web site, as well.)
>
>
> John Gorkos
>
> On 11/23/13, 2:13 PM, "David A Aitcheson" <david.aitcheson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> John,
>>
>> Before you kill the GPSman version could you keep it in a separate
>> directory in your new directory tree?
>>
>> I ask this due to learning of the work being done by the folks at TNC-X
>> (see http://www.tnc-x.com/TNCPi.htm ).
>>
>> Some of us may want the GPS version of your build and some may not.
>>
>> Just a thought...
>>
>> 73
>> Dave
>> KB3EFS
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/23/2013 11:48 AM, John Gorkos wrote:
>>> Well, dang.  The GOOD news is that Xastir still works and runs.  The bad
>>> news is that you probably can©öt import GPS tracks from Garmin GPS
>>> devices
>>> (which is what GPSman does).  Personally, I©öm cool with that, since I
>>> don©öt have any Garmin GPS units that I talk to that way.
>> <SNIP>
>>
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