Using a 2.4 kernel isn't exactly going to prevent use of Xastir. What matters is that the libraries are as up to date as possible. Is there any particular reason why you don't want to upgrade the system to etch and/or install a 2.6 kernel (not as critical) on there?
I'm running etch on a lot of machines including an old 486DX4 with barely enough RAM to make it go. It won't hurt, I promise. :) But, I didn't mean to include the "etch" in that line. My system is etch and I only replaced "etch" on the first line with "woody" and forgot to do it on the second line. You may still want to consider an upgrade from within woody, though. "apt-get -s upgrade" will do a simulation and tell you how many things are out of date. In regards to lesstif, I'd go ahead and try that. I had problems trying to get OpenMotif working on any of my systems and just gave up and went with lesstif. Fewer headaches that way. As to ImageMagick, yes you can absolutely download and install from source. There is a make command after installing that will install the headers. I'd have to dig around to see what it was but I think it was "make install_libs" or something similar. By default it won't install the libraries and headers when you install the binaries. But my current Xastir system does use a version of ImageMagick installed from source as did my Cygwin installation. --- Tony Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alex and all those helping/watching .. Thanks .. A > bit more progress perhaps > but still no development files for image magick > woody debian. Remember this > is a 2.4 kernel from about 2004 > > As requested.. Here is how my sources.list looks.. > deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive/ woody > main contrib non-free > deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian oldstable > main contrib non-free > deb http://mirror.linux.org.au/debian oldstable main > contrib non-free > deb > http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/debian > oldstable main > contrib non-free > > Not sure about putting the etch main contrib > non-free in there .. I dont > want to upgrade to etch > and suspect that intorducing etch into the cache > would make for some odd > things.. Maybee I am wrong > > I would agree that APT is usually very good at > solving dependancy issues.. > Ive taken some snapshots of > some relavant stuff because the console does not > allow me to copy/paste. > This is the best I can do all > converted from xwd files to gifs. The libmagick-dev > issue is the killer I > cant get past . > See the snap shots at this URL > http://www.users.on.net/~wavetel/temp/ > > Is it any good trying lesstif ? Bear in mind this is > a live distro as Ive > said previuosly. So if I stuff anything up then its > easy to reboot and start > again clean.. Ive been loading GNU-utils followed > by GCC then APT for > imagemagick libmotif libmotif-dev and then I > configure xastir. Only 1 > issue in the configure regards the shapelib missing > and it looks like it > goes with the internal version for shape. > > One thing I would like to confirm regards > imagemagick development files. > Cant I get them by going to sourceforge imagemagick > and download the source > and compile it ? Surely they are in there ? Ive > found the source for > imagemagick dating back before my system. > > Any comments ?? > > Tony & Eva Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Carver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Tony Hunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Xastir mailing list" <xastir@xastir.org> > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 11:14 PM > Subject: Re: [Xastir] Compile issues > > > > There's no "Universe" repository for Debian under > apt > > but you do need to check that your repositories > are at > > least set for "main", "contrib", and "non-free". > > > > These two config lines should get you just about > > everything in stable form: > > > > deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ woody main > contrib > > non-free > > deb http://security.debian.org/debian/ etch main > > contrib non-free > > > > Can you post some of the dependency errors? I'm > > suspecting that your system is in need of an > upgrade > > (which apt can do for you, too) because apt is > usually > > very good about resolving dependencies _unless_ > > installing a dependency will break something > critical > > in which case it stands aside and lets you try to > fix > > the problem. > > > > > > --- Rodney Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > Tony Hunt wrote: > > > > Thanks all for the replies .. Some of these > are > > > good and useful indeed.. > > > > > > > > Ive actually got a working version of 1.90 > xastir > > > on there now but without > > > > raster maps. This sounds like it would be easy > to > > > fix with imagemagick but > > > > the development files still allude me. I think > its > > > actually libmagick5-dev > > > > that I am looking for but if I try and install > > > that it had many dependancy > > > > issues which are not resolvable. I looked at > some > > > of the dependancies and > > > > they also have depandancies. Its another one > of > > > those dependancy blackholes > > > You'll probably need > > > to uncomment the lines for Universe and Universe > > > Development > > > repositories. Other Debian/Ubuntu users may have > > > more input on which > > > repositories are needed. > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ________ > > Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you > sell. > > http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
