[QCLUG] Problems Installing Software

[Dave Bergert]

Robert:

I've also used  GPS Drive http://www.gpsdrive.de/screenshots/ 
index.shtml in the past with success.



On Apr 7, 2008, at 8:05 AM, Robert Jones wrote:

> 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
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Dave Bergert
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