Re: [Xlog-discussion] Install help

[Bob Nielsen]

On Sep 1, 2008, at 11:11 PM, Joop Stakenborg wrote:

> Op maandag 01-09-2008 om 16:10 uur [tijdzone -0400], schreef Stewart
> Whitehouse:
> > Hi,
> > I tried to install xlog 1.8.1 from tar but can not find it. I  
> > still show
> > 1.6.2 installed. synaptic shows that 1.6.2 is the latest version  
> > and the
> > version installed. I did the tar install from Desktop. I am running
> > UBUNTU and still a linux novice.
> > Any help will be appreciated.
> > Stew ke4yh
>
> Hi Stewart,
>
> Open a terminal window and become root using the 'su' command.
>
> First of all, you need to uninstall your ubuntu xlog package by typing
> 'apt-get remove xlog' in a terminal. You don't want conflicting xlog
> versions.
>
> Next, install the packages needed for building xlog: 'apt-get install
> build-essential libgtk2.0-dev libhamlib-dev'.
>
> As a normal user unpack the xlog source tree (the tarball) somwhere in
> your home directory: 'tar xvzf xlog-1.8.1.tar.gz' and follow the
> instructions in the INSTALL file, unpacked in xlog-1.8.1/INSTALL.

Since there is by default no login root user in Ubuntu, you need to  
use sudo to assume the role of the root user.  In the terminal  
window, type 'sudo apt-get remove xlog'.  Also use sudo for any  
system activities, including the 'make install' step when compiling  
from a tarball.

Bob, N7XY