[Xastir] Maps

Tue Oct 22 17:14:54 EDT 2013

Yes synaptic is a front end for apt but it's much easier to use, 
especially when one is looking for files with changed names. Synaptic 
allows searching on partial names and one can scroll though a list, 
looking for likely candidates and reading the notes for particular files 
to see if there's a possible "match". For me the synaptic gui 
compensates for my age induced inability to remember what I've read in 
command line. I reserve my use of apt-get for when I know exactly what I 
need.

I used dselect (that's fun!) for years before moving to apt-get and 
synaptic. The latter is the most user friendly, IMHO.

Ray vk2tv

On 23/10/13 05:57, David A Aitcheson wrote:
> Lee & all,
>
> Synaptic is just a GUI for apt-get. They both do the same thing just one
> requires more reading, thinking and typing.
>
> With Mint_15 being based on Ububntu_13.04-RaringRingtail the
> instructions at http://www.xastir.org/wiki/HowTo:Ubuntu_12.10 would be
> the best bet unless someone else has done a Wiki update.
>
> The _/*OTHER*/_ _/*MAJOR*/_ _/*CHANGE*/_ is the DEATH of the MEDIBUNTU
> Project. See http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2469 for details related to
> Linux_Mint_**. Ubuntu has related information at
> http://www.medibuntu.org/ and
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu - granted this may not apply
> to many (if any) Xastir users, but at least you are aware of it.
>
> 73
> Dave
> KB3EFS
>
> On 10/22/2013 10:51 AM, Lee Bengston wrote:
>> I would use the instructions at
>> http://www.xastir.org/wiki/HowTo:Ubuntu_12.10
>> I haven't checked, but my guess is that Mint 15 is equivalent to Ubuntu
>> 13.04, and the Ubuntu 12.10 instructions should be very close if not
>> exactly right.  I would search for the packages using synaptic rather than
>> using apt-get as the instructions say - just in case any packages have
>> changed to newer versions.  If any have changed I would expect only one or
>> two at most.  The current Berkely libdb package is one that comes to mind
>> that may be newer than what is called out in the instructions.
>>
>> This will also get you the very latest version - newer than the tarball.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Lee - K5DAT
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Michael Gregory <
>> michael.gregory at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>>          Tom,
>>>
>>>    I went to the xastir wiki and got directions for building from a
>>> tarball. I searched for the latest "stable release, and found version
>>> 2.0.4. I executed the instructions from the wiki by copying and pasting the
>>> terminal commands from the wiki to my terminal. FAIL!!!!
>>>
>>>    The instructions are classic linux instructions, worthless frustrating
>>> and a waste of time and effort. The mint package installed version,
>>> (2.0.0), works flawlessly as soon as the user figures out that the
>>> information on the wiki about putting map files in ~/xastir/map_cache is
>>> totally bogus. By placing my maps in usr/share/xastir/maps they become
>>> available in the  map chooser drop down and can be used just fine so long
>>> as they are of a limited set of vector graphics. It remains to be seen
>>> whether raster graphics will work because they require no only the raster
>>> graphics, (.png, .gif, .tif, .jpg...) files, but an accompanying text file
>>> with reference information so that the xastir app or its sub components can
>>> parse the placement of objects on the graphic background. I am having
>>> considerable difficulty finding raster files that come with the associated
>>> text file and have come to the conclusion that I am going to have to create
>>> them my self. Not difficult just not easy either. It seems that
>>> repositories of this kid of data are scarce.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> KB3IYQ
>>>
>>> Michael Gregory
>>> michael.gregory at verizon.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2013-10-21, at 11:46 PM, Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 07:45:34PM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron
>>> collision of the <michael.gregory at verizon.net> flavor, containing:
>>>>>   I removed Xastir completely. Both by telling my package manager to
>>> removeit, and then by manually going to all of the directory locations
>>> ~/... and user share?. and manually deleting all of the files. I them
>>> re-installed it by having the package manager re-install.
>>>> Which version is your package manager installing?  Which distro, and what
>>>> does "Help->About" say about libraries compiled in.
>>>>
>>>> Many distros are notorious for having ancient versions of xastir in their
>>>> package management systems.
>>>>
>>>> We also cannot be sure what compilation options were used when the
>>> package
>>>> was built.  Remember that packages supplied by the distro are *not*
>>> created
>>>> by the xastir project --- some volunteer generated the package for the
>>>> distro, and that person may not even be an xastir user.
>>>>
>>>> To be really sure you get what you want out of xastir, it might be
>>> necessary
>>>> for you to build it from source with the options you really want.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Tom Russo    KM5VY   SAR502   DM64ux
>>> http://www.swcp.com/~russo/
>>>> Tijeras, NM  QRPL#1592 K2#398  SOC#236
>>> http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM
>>>> echo "prpv_a'rfg_cnf_har_cvcr" | sed -e 's/_/ /g' | tr [a-m][n-z]
>>> [n-z][a-m]
>>>>
>>>>
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