[Xastir] Confused..HELP

[Tom Russo]

When you get a chance to post more details we may be able to help.  These
details would include exactly what steps you've gone through, and what
error messages or failure modes you're actually seeing.  These are critical
to troubleshooting.

Please try to post in a manner that doesn't mangle the formatting, it'll 
be easier to help if we can read the message.


On Mon, Nov 09, 2020 at 04:23:36PM -0500, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <kb8uih88 at charter.net> flavor, containing:
> I am still having no joy trying to get this to work. UGGH!Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
> -------- Original message --------From: Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org> Date: 11/7/20  6:50 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion <xastir at xastir.org> Subject: Re: [Xastir] Confused..HELP On Sun, Nov 08, 2020 at 09:57:32AM +1100, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <aprs at exemail.com.au> flavor, containing:> Ideally, yes.> > The problem with the repo version is its age. For Debian Buster the repo> version is 2.1.0 released on Feb 12 2018.> v2.1.4 (Jul 15 2019) fixed numerous issues and the latest release is 2.1.6> (Apr 18 2020). Look here for releases and fixes.> https://github.com/Xastir/Xastir/releases> > Compiling from Github sources is simple provided the steps in the> documentation are accurately followed.What he said.Ubuntu/Raspbian/Debian repos tend to lag releases of Xastir by years.The latest "unstable" or "testing" releases might have the latest releaseof Xastir, but the "stable" release of the OS tend to stick with whateverversion was current when that OS release happened.If you want Xastir to work right, you generally have to ignore the packagedversion and build it yourself from the sources.> On 8/11/20 9:17 am, Ken Koster wrote:> > Do you really need to re-compile xastir?> > It is available from the repositories.> > > > sudo apt-get install xastir.> > > > On Friday, November 6, 2020 1:24:33 PM PST kb8uih88 at charter.net wrote:> > > Hi, newbie here. I can't get Xastir to load properly on my Pi 3.> > > Excerpt below from https://xastir.org/index.php/HowTo:Raspbian [1]> > > When I asked for the bootstrap command to run I got a response of> > > root at raspberrypi:~/src/Xastir# ./bootstrap.sh 6) Removing> > > autom4te.cache directory... 5) Running aclocal..../bootstrap.sh: 15:> > > ./bootstrap.sh: aclocal: not foundroot at raspberrypi:~/src/Xastir#> > > Can anyone let me know what didn't load correctly?> > > Thanks> > > > > > GET XASTIR SOURCE CODE FROM THE GITHUB REPOSITORY> > > > > > 	In this method, you get your source code directly from the repository> > > the developers use to work on the software. Here's the step-by-step> > > method for getting it this way.> > > > > > 	You can make different choices here for where you want to store your> > > code. This example puts it in a src directory under the user's home> > > directory:> > > > > > 	 mkdir ~/src cd ~/src> > > > > > 	Then issue the following command to retrieve the latest Xastir code:> > > > > > 	 git clone https://github.com/Xastir/Xastir.git [2]> > > > > > The above command could take a while to finish if you're on a slow> > > link, as there are a lot of files to download.> > > > > > 	* Run bootstrap to generate Makefile.am and configure:> > > > > > 	 cd Xastir ./bootstrap.sh> > > > > > > > > > > > Links:> > > ------> > > [1] https://xastir.org/index.php/HowTo:Raspbian> > > [2] https://github.com/Xastir/Xastirgit> > > > > > _______________________________________________> > > Xastir mailing list> > > Xastir at lists.xastir.org> > > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir> > > > _______________________________________________> Xastir mailing list> Xastir at lists.xastir.org> http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir-- Tom Russo?????? KM5VYTijeras, NM??  echo "prpv_a'rfg_cnf_har_cvcr" | sed -e 's/_/ /g' | tr [a-m][n-z] [n-z][a-m]_______________________________________________Xastir mailing listXastir at lists.xastir.orghttp://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir

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