Curt, WE7U wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, Erik Jakobsen wrote: > > >> I have made the .cvsrc in my /home/user directory. I made it as root. Is >> that ok ?. >> > > Change owner/group on that file to the regular user credentials. > That way you can change the contents of the file later without > having to be root. > > > >> cvs -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/xastir login >> cvs -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/xastir co -r STABLE xastir >> >> It installed xastir. Should it be done as root ?. >> > > No, you did fine. All you're doing there is (first line) adding an > entry to your ~/.cvspass file, and (second line) snagging the > sources to some build directory of your choice. All would normally > be done as a regular (non-root) user. > > > >> cd xastir >> cvs update >> ./bootstrap.sh >> ./configure >> (make clean;make -j3 2>&1) | tee make.log >> -->> Until here I think it should be done as user ???? >> sudo make install >> sudo chmod 4555 /usr/local/bin/xastir (only needed if using kernel AX.25) >> xastir >> > > You're correct about everything before the "sudo" commands being run > as a regular user. The "sudo" command allows you to run those two > commands as the root user without having to actually do an "su" > manually, but of course you have to have sudo installed and set up > the "/etc/sudoers" file before this will work for you. > > Of course it's probably easier if you have "sudo" set up to just do > this instead: > > cd xastir > ./update-xastir > sudo chmod 4755 /usr/local/bin/xastir (if you need suid root > privilege to access AX.25 interfaces) > > Below is the manual procedure corresponding to the multiple commands > you listed, for those that haven't set up "sudo" on their systems: > > cd xastir > cvs update > ./bootstrap.sh > ./configure > (make clean;make -j3 2>&1) | tee make.log > su > make install > chmod 4755 > exit (from root > xastir > > > -- > Curt, WE7U. APRS Client Comparisons: http://www.eskimo.com/~archer > "Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown > "Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U > "The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" > > Tnx so much Curt. I have it running now, and installed. In which directory is the inf2geo.pl placed ?
Erik OZ4KK -- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards Erik Jakobsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] openSuSE 10.2 (i586) _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
