Re: possible package adoption -- aprx
Chris,
I tried your version but the libc for Ubuntu 12.04 is at ...15 and yours
calls for ...17 or greater.
May try to build from source later this evening.
73
Dave
KB3EFS
On 07/11/2014 04:20 AM, Chris Knadle wrote:
> On Sunday, July 06, 2014 18:21:35 MJ Inabnit wrote:
>> Hi all:
>>
>> I've been using aprx the last few years, however, a newer package is
>> required by igates. The problem is that this package is broken and
>> won't run on my long term support OS's.. I just downloaded the latest
>> Mint xfce and tested it there with same broken results.
>>
>> It would sure be a great asset I think if one of you guys could possible
>> adopt the package and make it functional on debian/ubuntu systems again.
>>
>> Thanks, 73
>> j
> Greetings, J.
>
> It looks like the aprx package hasn't been in Debian in a long time; the last
> distribution that may have contained it was Etch based on what I found here:
>
> http://wiki.ham.fi/Aprx.en#Installation
>
> Etch (aka Debian 4.x) went out of support in February, 2010:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian#Timeline
>
> Could you please point out the aprx package you're using? Is it this one?
>
> http://ham.zmailer.org/oh2mqk/aprx/
>
> The source for aprx has a /debian directory in it and there are a couple of
> minor problems, but I'm able to get it to build without much trouble. If
> you're like to try the aprx package I just built to see if it helps the
> problem you're running into, I uploaded it here:
>
> ftp://ftp.coredump.us/debian-packages/aprx/
>
> If you try it, let me know what results you have with it.
>
>
>
>
> When I search for APRS packages in Debian, I find that Debian has:
>
> $ apt-cache search aprs
> aprsd - Internet Gateway for the Automatic Position Reporting System
> aprsdigi - digipeater for APRS
>
>
> $ apt-cache show aprsd aprsdigi
> Package: aprsd
> [...]
> Description-en: Internet Gateway for the Automatic Position Reporting System
> aprsd is an internet to RF gateway (igate) for the APRS
> Automatic Position Reporting System. It allows hams on the Internet
> to send text messages to hams on RF, especially when linked to the
> worldwide APRServe network (www.aprs.net).
>
> Package: aprsdigi
> [...]
> Description-en: digipeater for APRS
> aprsdigi is a repeater for the Automatic Position Reporting System, APRS.
> It also includes aprsmon, a one-way gateway to APRS on TCP/IP.
>
> Do these two packages essentially do the same thing as aprx? The reason I'm
> asking is that if an aprx package is to be re-introduced into Debian, it
> likely needs to have some non-redundant functionality compared with the
> alternatives.
>
> Thanks
>
> -- Chris, KB2IQN
>
> --
>
> Chris Knadle
> Chris.Knadle@coredump.us
>
>
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