[aprssig] Xastir install issues

[Andre PE1RDW]

Dave Baxter schreef:

>Hi..
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>My replies indented below... 
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org On Behalf Of William McKeehan
>>Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 2:25 PM
>>Subject: RE: [aprssig] Xastir install issues
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>>I don't think it's quite 7 clicks, but if you follow the steps here:
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>>http://www.lintronix.com/winxastir/netinstall.html
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>>You will install cygwin with a base build of Xastir WITHOUT 
>>the need for a development package. These guys have Xastir 
>>setup as a Cygwin package, so once you have Cygwin installed, 
>>you have Xastir installed.
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>	That's exactly what I did.  But Xastir is NOT installed.  It is
>	Downloaded as a gz2 file, whatever that is, but it is NOT
>installed
>	or processed in any way, it's just sitting there...
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>>I will agree with earlier statements that if you try to 
>>follow this path and the README.win32 both, then you will get 
>>confused.
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>	What else am I suposed to do?  Other than the end dialog of
>"Done"
>	No other confirmation as to what was installed was present,
>other
>	than the CygWin icon on the desktop.
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>>The only thing that I think may be missing from these 
>>instructions is how to start Xastir after you have it 
>>installed. Simply run "Start - Programs - Cygwin-X - xterm" 
>>In the window that opens, simply type "/usr/local/bin/xastir"
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>	There is no such path created by the install, from memory,
>	as I'm not in front of the machine in question at the mo.
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>	If that is the case, I assume it can be shortcuted somehow.
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>>I'll also agree with others that this is probably not the 
>>best forum to discuss Xastir installation issues - the Xastir 
>>mailing list has a number of experts that are more than 
>>willing to help you thru any issues that you may have.
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>	Assuming one can view the Xastir list and any FAQ's it may
>	have, just in case they can help.  I can't, content warnings
>	and error 404.
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>>Good luck!
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>	Thanks, I need it!...
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As a result of this discusion I just did a install of xastir using the 
readme.win32 and it installed just fine, no errors, no questions to 
answer, no need to redownload the source and all that on a pentium III 
700 mhz with just 128mb ram and an unstable winxp pro.

Maybe the problem is you Dave or that of lintronix but it is definatly 
not xastir.

73 de Andre PE1RDW