[Xastir] Installing Xastir on Mint

[Tom Russo]

On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 07:22:18AM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <wa7skg at wa7skg.com> flavor, containing:
> Just got a new computer with Mint on it and I want to install Xastir. I 
> found the wiki instructions at 
> https://xastir.org/index.php/HowTo:Linux_Mint_Debian and am getting a 
> lot of errors following these instructions, packages not found, notes 
> changed/outdated, etc. I don't see a date on these instructions, but 
> they are apparently quite old.

Yes, the Wiki sections are generally written up by users who get something
working and then decide to share what they've done.  Unfortunately, too
many of these instructions are so specific to one release of the OS that
they become outdated very, very quickly.  Few wiki authors go back and
fix them up constantly, and it is extra hard to do so given all of the 
hassle we have with user accounts on the Wiki (it was once so common for
bots to register and vandalize the wiki with spam that we had to lock down
the registration process to the point that it requires manual intervention).

The Mint page still mentions CVS, which means its at least 3 years out of
date.  Probably more.

> Can somebody please point me in the right direction for current 
> information on installing Xastir on a Mint system?

Generally speaking, if you look at something like the Ubuntu instructions
and try to find packages with the same base name as the ones listed (modulo
version numbers which are very likely outdated), you should be on the right
path.

-- 
Tom Russo    KM5VY
Tijeras, NM  

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