Lee & all, Synaptic is just a GUI for apt-get. They both do the same thing just one requires more reading, thinking and typing.
With Mint_15 being based on Ububntu_13.04-RaringRingtail the instructions at http://www.xastir.org/wiki/HowTo:Ubuntu_12.10 would be the best bet unless someone else has done a Wiki update. The _/*OTHER*/_ _/*MAJOR*/_ _/*CHANGE*/_ is the DEATH of the MEDIBUNTU Project. See http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2469 for details related to Linux_Mint_**. Ubuntu has related information at http://www.medibuntu.org/ and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu - granted this may not apply to many (if any) Xastir users, but at least you are aware of it. 73 Dave KB3EFS On 10/22/2013 10:51 AM, Lee Bengston wrote: > I would use the instructions at > http://www.xastir.org/wiki/HowTo:Ubuntu_12.10 > I haven't checked, but my guess is that Mint 15 is equivalent to Ubuntu > 13.04, and the Ubuntu 12.10 instructions should be very close if not > exactly right. I would search for the packages using synaptic rather than > using apt-get as the instructions say - just in case any packages have > changed to newer versions. If any have changed I would expect only one or > two at most. The current Berkely libdb package is one that comes to mind > that may be newer than what is called out in the instructions. > > This will also get you the very latest version - newer than the tarball. > > Regards, > Lee - K5DAT > > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Michael Gregory < > michael.greg...@verizon.net> wrote: > >> Tom, >> >> I went to the xastir wiki and got directions for building from a >> tarball. I searched for the latest "stable release, and found version >> 2.0.4. I executed the instructions from the wiki by copying and pasting the >> terminal commands from the wiki to my terminal. FAIL!!!! >> >> The instructions are classic linux instructions, worthless frustrating >> and a waste of time and effort. The mint package installed version, >> (2.0.0), works flawlessly as soon as the user figures out that the >> information on the wiki about putting map files in ~/xastir/map_cache is >> totally bogus. By placing my maps in usr/share/xastir/maps they become >> available in the map chooser drop down and can be used just fine so long >> as they are of a limited set of vector graphics. It remains to be seen >> whether raster graphics will work because they require no only the raster >> graphics, (.png, .gif, .tif, .jpg...) files, but an accompanying text file >> with reference information so that the xastir app or its sub components can >> parse the placement of objects on the graphic background. I am having >> considerable difficulty finding raster files that come with the associated >> text file and have come to the conclusion that I am going to have to create >> them my self. Not difficult just not easy either. It seems that >> repositories of this kid of data are scarce. >> >> 73 >> KB3IYQ >> >> Michael Gregory >> michael.greg...@verizon.net >> >> >> >> On 2013-10-21, at 11:46 PM, Tom Russo <ru...@bogodyn.org> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 07:45:34PM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron >> collision of the <michael.greg...@verizon.net> flavor, containing: >>>> I removed Xastir completely. Both by telling my package manager to >> removeit, and then by manually going to all of the directory locations >> ~/... and user share?. and manually deleting all of the files. I them >> re-installed it by having the package manager re-install. >>> Which version is your package manager installing? Which distro, and what >>> does "Help->About" say about libraries compiled in. >>> >>> Many distros are notorious for having ancient versions of xastir in their >>> package management systems. >>> >>> We also cannot be sure what compilation options were used when the >> package >>> was built. Remember that packages supplied by the distro are *not* >> created >>> by the xastir project --- some volunteer generated the package for the >>> distro, and that person may not even be an xastir user. >>> >>> To be really sure you get what you want out of xastir, it might be >> necessary >>> for you to build it from source with the options you really want. >>> >>> -- >>> Tom Russo KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux >> http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ >>> Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 >> http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM >>> echo "prpv_a'rfg_cnf_har_cvcr" | sed -e 's/_/ /g' | tr [a-m][n-z] >> [n-z][a-m] >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Xastir mailing list >>> Xastir@lists.xastir.org >>> http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir >> _______________________________________________ >> Xastir mailing list >> Xastir@lists.xastir.org >> http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir >> > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > Xastir@lists.xastir.org > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > -- David A Aitcheson david.aitche...@gmail.com Go Green! 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