[Xastir] HowTo

[Lasse]

On 25. april 2016 21:04, Fred Erickson wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am quite new to Linux Mint so take what I'm saying with a grain of
> salt.
>
> For years I've used the CVS instructions in Xastir to built in Fedora
> and everything has worked fine. Then when I decided to try Linux Mint
> since so many people use a Debian based distro, and I wanted to learn
> it, I ran into problems too. It seems that even though Ubuntu is Debian
> based it has strayed from Debian enough so that the versions of Mint
> that are based on Ubuntu are different enough from the versions of Mint
> that are based directly on Debian that they are not exactly compatable
> with each other.
>
> So, make sure that you know which version of Mint you are using and
> follow directions for either Debian based or Ubuntu based. It seems to
> make a difference. I followed the instructions for Ubuntu Trusty on the
> Xastir web site and they worked for me. Don't remember if I had to poke
> and prod a bit for everything to work. Sadly I was in a hurry and
> didn't take notes.
>

It is Debian Mint I was using now so I will switch to Ubuntu Mint and 
see if it works better or maybe a real Debian is better..
I'm having them all on a computer running VirtualBox so it's easy to 
switch and install

Thanks

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Lasse