[Xastir] snag trying to install shapelib via source onto mac os X 10.5

2010-09-16 Thread T Wegner
I am in the process of installing Xastir on my Powerbook G4 (10.5.8) using the instructions at http://www.wx9grb.org/xastir/mac.htm which are attributed to Dana Rawding, N1OFZ (uses MacPorts for all but shapelib and geotiff). I have hit a snag with regard to installing the shapelib, at

Re: [Xastir] snag trying to install shapelib via source onto mac os X 10.5

2010-09-17 Thread T Wegner
thanks for the response Jason Curt. using ls -l I get -rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 63440 Sep 16 21:05 lib so I take it this means it's a file instead of a directory. Let me be perfectly honest here . . . I have no idea what I'm doing. lol Should I delete the lib file and make a lib

Re: [Xastir] snag trying to install shapelib via source onto mac os X 10.5

2010-09-17 Thread T Wegner
, 2010 at 05:43:27PM -0500, we recorded a bogon- computron collision of the kg4...@gmail.com flavor, containing: On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 11:28 AM, T Wegner tow...@tds.net wrote: so I take it this means it's a file instead of a directory. Let me be perfectly honest here . . . I have no idea what

Re: [Xastir] snag trying to install shapelib via source onto mac os X 10.5

2010-09-17 Thread T Wegner
actually, guessing no need to re-execute the cc and ar commands as that is probably already done and once is enough? from last post: picking through the responses piece by piece guys. did this: bash-3.2$ Diff /usr/local/lib /Users/tomwegner/Downloads/ shapelib-1.2.10/libshp.a and got

Re: [Xastir] snag trying to install shapelib via source onto mac os X 10.5

2010-09-20 Thread T Wegner
On Sep 17, 2010, at 18:03, Tom Russo wrote: On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 05:43:27PM -0500, we recorded a bogon- computron collision of the kg4...@gmail.com flavor, containing: On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 11:28 AM, T Wegner tow...@tds.net wrote: so I take it this means it's a file instead of a directory. Let

Re: [Xastir] libtiff / geotiff install hiccup

2010-09-20 Thread T Wegner
of the curt.w...@gmail.com flavor, containing: On Mon, 20 Sep 2010, T Wegner wrote: 3) ./configure --prefix=/usr/local Following step 3, I get this error message: checking for TIFFOpen in -ltiff... no configure: error: You will need to substantially rewrite libxtiff to build libgeotiff

Re: [Xastir] libtiff / geotiff install hiccup

2010-09-20 Thread T Wegner
Where are you getting your instructions? Well, it's a long story, but I started here: http://www.xastir.org/wiki/Installation_Notes#Mac_OSX looked into the VMWare option, decided against since it was a limited time deal, and didn't want to be locked out down the road - had no idea how

Re: [Xastir] libtiff / geotiff install hiccup

2010-09-21 Thread T Wegner
of these files, such as the shapelib, geotiff, and tiff, that I am able to unzip them via regular means (in the gui interface). Is there any reason why I should do it via the tar-xvzf in x11? 73 Tom W On Sep 21, 2010, at 05:33, Carl Makin wrote: Hi Tom, On 21/09/2010, at 3:09 PM, T Wegner wrote

Re: [Xastir] libtiff / geotiff install hiccup

2010-09-21 Thread T Wegner
Makin wrote: Hi Tom, On 21/09/2010, at 3:09 PM, T Wegner wrote: Following the sites instructions, I installed what I could using MacPorts. The instructions noted that shapelib and geotiff can not be installed with MacPorts, and provided the instructions I've been posting in my problem threads

Re: [Xastir] libtiff / geotiff install hiccup

2010-09-21 Thread T Wegner
Again, a big thank you to all who have been helping me, and for whom I fear I am becoming a pain in the whatsis. My apologies if I have offended or annoyed anyone, I certainly did not mean to. So, Jason, Curt, Tom, Jeremy, and Carl, again, I appreciate your willingness to help and not just

[Xastir] Xastir Mac OS 10.5.8 install . . . picking up where i left off

2011-01-04 Thread T Wegner
I was on here back in September with some questions regarding a MacPorts install of Xastir onto my PPC G4 Powerbook running 10.5.8. With your help I was able to figure most of the install out and proceeded as far as the installation of geotiff (1.3.0). The next step was to do a: tar

[Xastir] Xastir on OS X PPC Powerbook G4

2011-01-05 Thread T Wegner
First, a big thank you to anyone who may be reading this who has been in any way involved in developing this program and more specifically in helping me personally to get it installed. I especially appreciate the helpful attitude and tone which is so many times lacking on sites where new

Re: [Xastir] Xastir on Mac . . . download, unzip, store maps

2011-01-06 Thread T Wegner
://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#DOCUMENTATION/Darwin/ Reference/ManPages/man1/bunzip2.1.html Regards, -PG On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 10:45:19AM -0600, T Wegner wrote: Not having a lot of luck here, probably because I don't' understand Unix I would like to download some maps an example

[Xastir] Xastir on Mac and GPS

2011-03-31 Thread T Wegner
I finally managed to get Xastir up and running on my g4 powerbook, OS X 10.5.8 via a KPC 3+ (rx only at this point, tx will have to wait) I would next like to connect my garmin gps. I would like to do this by connecting the gps to the second port of my usb-serial adapter. Is there a source