[QCLUG] Problems Installing Software

[Robert Jones]

Mark Riedesel wrote:
> Always avoid installing things from source tarballs (the tar.gz
> things) if pre-packaged binaries are available. In the case of Ubuntu
> packages, we would be referring to .deb files, such as those available
> through apt-get. Installing from tarballs is always an option,
> although it typically requires knowledge about library dependencies
> and being able to interpret lengthy compiler errors, you also lose the
> benefit of automatic updates and dependency tracking that regular
> package management systems provide.
>
> Some pointers for diagnosing compilation issues would be to scroll up
> to the point during the compile where it appeared to be doing things
> successfully, and then determine where the first error appeared and
> work your way down from there.
Thanks for the assistance Mark and Dave. I finally figured out how to 
install RoadMap from the tar.gz file. That was an Interesting learning 
procedure. I thought that someone might be interested in Linux/GPS 
software. Roadmap (the one I was trying to install) isn't great by any 
means. It has better graphics than some but is not up to what I need. 
However, Kubuntu / Ubuntu 8.04 has a program called Viking. It is Great 
or at least is seems to be so far. And it is a "click and install" :-)  
I have it installed and it seems to be very good. I am going to give it 
a "road test" in the next day or two and will let you know if I like it 
or not. If there are any "Geocache" people out there you may want to 
take a look at "Viking" when Ubuntu 8.04 comes out or if you don't plan 
to change right away you can get it at 
http://viking.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page
Thanks again
Bob Jones