Installation Notes

This page hosts user contributed installation guides and HowTo's for various operating systems and distributions.

Contents 1 For the impatient 2 General Notes 3 BSD/Solaris/AIX... 4 Linux 4.1 Arch 4.2 CentOS 4.3 Debian 4.4 Fedora 4.5 GenToo 4.6 Linux Mint 4.7 Mandriva 4.8 MEPIS 4.9 OpenSuSE 4.10 PCLinuxOS 4.11 Sabayon 4.12 Sidux 4.13 Ubuntu 5 Mac OSX 6 Windows

For the impatient

• Barebones Install Guide, compiling from sources

General Notes

• Notes:Sudo
• Notes:CVS
• Notes:Timing Slider Dialog Screenshot

BSD/Solaris/AIX...

• FreeBSD - Install on FreeBSD

Linux

Arch

• Install xastir-cvs in the Arch User Repository

CentOS

• HowTo:CentOS_5.2 - Installing and tweaking Xastir from source on CentOS 5.2

Debian

• Debian Linux -- use "apt-get install xastir"
• HowTo:Ubuntu/Debian - General how to install XASTIR on Ubuntu or Debian based systems. Also see Ubuntu-specific section below.
• HowTo:Debian Lenny - How to install XASTIR on Debian Lenny from Source via CVS.
• HowTo:Debian Squeeze - How to install XASTIR on Debian Squeeze from Source via CVS.
• HowTo:Debian Squeeze Binary - Easy installation of a user provided binary version of XASTIR

Fedora

• Fedora -- use "yum install xastir" (works, but not always the latest features)
• HowTo:Fedora - Installing Xastir from CVS (Fedora 7 through 15. Also known to work with CentOS and other RedHat like distros.)
  • HowTo:AX25_Fedora Using Kernel level AX.25 Network services with Xastir and Fedora (Fedora 9 and later)
• HowTo:Fedora6 - Install FC-6 Linux + Xastir

GenToo

• GenToo Linux -- use "emerge xastir"

Linux Mint

• HowTo:Linux Mint Debian - How to install XASTIR on Linux Mint Debian from Source via CVS.
• HowTo:Linux Mint Debian Binary - Easy install of user provided binary package

Mandriva

• HowTo:Mandriva 2009 - Installation Notes for Mandriva 2009.0 and 2009.1
• HowTo:Mandriva - Installation Notes for Mandriva 2007.1 thru 2008.1

MEPIS

• HowTo:MEPIS 11.0 - Installation Notes for Mepis 11.0
• HowTo:MEPIS 11.0 Binary - Easy Installation of a binary version of Xastir for Mepis 11
• HowTo:MEPIS 8.0 - Installation Notes for Mepis 8.0 or 8.5

OpenSuSE

• HowTo:OpenSUSE 11.x - Install notes for OpenSuSE-11.x
• HowTo:OpenSUSE 10.2 - How to install on OpenSUSE 10.2 from CVS
• Notes:OpenSuse 10.x - Install notes for OpenSuse 10.x

PCLinuxOS

• HowTo:PCLinuxOS 2010 - How to install Xastir from CVS on PCLinuxOS 2010

Sabayon

• HowTo:Sabayon - Installing Xastir in Sayabon 3.5 from Source

Sidux

• HowTo:Sidux 2010-01 - Installation Notes for Sidux 2010-01

Ubuntu

• HowTo:Ubuntu 11.10, 11.04 or 10.10 - How to install Xastir from CVS on Ubuntu 11.10/11.04/10.10
• HowTo:Ubuntu 11.04/11.10-binary - Easy installation of user-provided Xastir binary
• HowTo:Ubuntu 10.10-binary - Easy installation of user-provided Xastir binary
• HowTo:Ubuntu 10.04 - How to install Xastir from CVS on Ubuntu Lucid (10.04 LTS)
• HowTo:Ubuntu 10.04-binary - Easy Intallation of Updated Xastir Binary
• |HowTo:Ubuntu 9.04 or 9.10 - How to install Xastir from CVS on Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04) or Karmic (9.10)
• |HowTo:Ubuntu 8.04 or 8.10 - Install xastir on Ubuntu Hardy (8.04) or Intrepid (8.10)
• |HowTo:Ubuntu 6.10 or 7.04 - Install xastir on Ubuntu Edgy (6.10) or Feisty (7.04)
• HowTo:Ubuntu 6.10 LiveCD - How to create an Xastir Ubuntu LiveCD
• HowTo:Ubuntu 6.06 - How to install on Ubuntu Dapper from CVS
• HowTo:Ubuntu/Debian - General how to install XASTIR on Ubuntu or Debian based systems.

Mac OSX

There are a few different ways to install on Mac OS X:

• Install VMWare Fusion (Free trial) from VMWare.com and one of the Xastir images from here: VMWare Player Images (via Torrent)
• HowTo:Mac_OSX - install Xastir from source with GraphicsMagick, pcre/dbfawk, libproj and GeoTiff.
• Fink - installing using Fink port tools (no detailed instructions listed here yet)
• Macports - install using Macports tools
• MacOSXpackage - install a precompiled binary
• MacOSXsource - build all support packages then xastir from source
• Notes:Mac OSX

Windows

• HowTo:VMware - Install in a Linux Virtual Machine under Windows (recommended)
• HowTo:VirtualBox - Install in a Linux Virtual Machine using VirtualBox
• HowTo:Windows andLinux - Install on Windows, using andLinux
• HowTo:Windows - Install on Windows, using CYGWIN (not recommended)