[Ham-Mac] APRS for Mac OSX

[James Wagner]

tar, X11, fink, cvs - its all swahili to me!

Jim, KA7EHK


On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 12:23:48 -0500
 N1OFZ <n1ofz@arrl.net> wrote:
> The biggest issue with a prebuilt app is that Xastir runs
> under the X11 environment.  I could make an installer but
> I would have to assume that the user does not have X11
> nor the developer tools installed.  The installer would
> end up being something like 800+ MB compressed.  At my
> house, I have 4 OSX boxes here with Xastir.  When I want
> to do an update I just run the cvs update on one machine.
>  When it is done I have an Apple Script that tars up the
> /sw directory and installs it on the other machines.
>  This would work as an installer on other people machines
> but the problem is the file is 1.3GB.  Either way we are
> talking about a huge file.
> 
> As stated below it is really easy to build Xastir the
> hard part is making sure you have all the correct
> packages installed under X11 before trying to build it.
>  Matters could be simplified by creating a script that
> automatically instructs Fink to install everything
> necessary.  Next time I do a build from scratch I'll give
> it a try.  Anyone else interested in getting involved?
>  Respond to me off the list and we can work out the
> details.
> 
> Dana
> N1OFZ
> 
> 
> 
> >>Too bad it's a source dist, I imagine that will scare
> away most of 
> >>the people that don't know how to use the terminal or
> don't have 
> >>previous unix experience. Looks like a good program,
> but it took me a 
> >>moment to figure out why it wasn't seeing any maps(read
> the readmes! 
> >>doh). There is also X-APRS for Linux, almost identical
> to 
> >>MacAPRS/WinAPRS, although it will almost certainly need
> some work 
> >>before being compiled for MacOS X.
> >
> >Compiling Xastir is a piece of cake. There are a couple
> of step by 
> >step web pages out there. I wouldn't hold my breath for
> X-APRS. I 
> >don't think there has been an update in 4 or 5 years.
> Xastir gets 
> >updated almost daily. It is the future of reliable APRS
> software.
> 
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