On 8/27/16 9:55 AM, Steve Greig wrote:
I would like to download a programme (opencpn) onto my laptop which is
running debian. It is so long since I have done this I can not
remember how to start. Also I am not sure which version of debian I
have which seems to be relevant according to the website. Instructions
are given at http://opencpn.org/ocpn/download.
Any advice would be very much appreciated. Steve
Well, normally, I'd recommend either:
a. using apt to install from a Debian repository, or if not available,
b. downloading a tarball to /usr/local/src and then ./configure; make;
make check; make install
But... there doesn't seem to be either a Debian package or a tarball.
The code is GPL, and it's all on GitHub (including and INSTALL file
giving instructions for building from source) - but the actual files are
all spread out.
My suggestion would be to contact the developers and ask where to find a
current source tarball.
Miles Fidelman
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
