Re: Linpac on Raspberry Pi

[Ray Wells <vk2tv@exemail.com.au>]

Hi David,

Thanks for the reply and the information. This is great news.

#0 I didn't realise that ax25mail-utils was a dependency because the 
documentation talks about getting mail as being optional. I've met the 
other requirements.
#1 On this particular occasion I'm not concerned about the SD card 
wearing out but I take your point. It's convenient at the moment to wear 
out the card.
#2 I also have concentrated on the curses version. An attempt with the 
Java version quite some years back failed and I walked away from it. 
Besides, the curses version fits well with headless operation of the RPi.

I'll get and apply the patches and see what happens next. Another member 
of the RPi list, Tom SP2LOB is also running with this project.

I'm not a programmer or a developer but my twenty years of Debian has 
taught me what some of the compile errors mean, even if I can't resolve 
them <grin>

Thanks, David.

Ray vk2tv

On 15/02/14 04:08, David Ranch wrote:
>
> Hello Ray,
>
> I'm actively working on (finally) releasing a new version of Linpac 
> but Autoconf has been a challenge.  I received some great help from 
> the Xastir folks but have a little more to go.  Anyway, I have your 
> "vector" and other issues have already been solved with these new 
> patches and I should be able to give you a hand.  I do plan on 
> releasing a .debs in the future but until then, try this for non-RPM 
> based systems:
>
>
> # 0 - Your dependencies will be gcc, perl, ncurses-libs, libax25, and 
> ax25mail-utils
> #    All compiling details can be found here: 
> http://www.trinityos.com/HAM/CentosDigitalModes/hampacketizing-centos.html#11.linpac
>
> # 1 - I highly advise you do NOT compile things on your Rpi's SD card 
> - it will wear it out.  Do all your compiling
> # via an NFS mount or an attached USB hard drive , etc.
>
> # 2 - Get the sources (please note that the Ncurses based Linpac is 
> the one I've been focusing so far)
> cd <your high-write cycle destination path>
> wget 
> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/linpac/LinPac-unstable/0.17pre3/LinPac-0.17pre3.tar.gz
>
> # 3 - Uncompress Linpac
> tar xzvf LinPac-0.17pre3.tar.gz
>
> #4 - Get all the required patches
> cd LinPac-0.17pre3
> wget -r -l1 --no-parent --no-directories -Alinpac0* 
> http://www.trinityos.com/HAM/CentosDigitalModes/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/
>
> #5 - Apply the patches
> patch -p0 < linpac0-digi-length.diff
> patch -p0 < linpac0-pcskprsnd.diff
> patch -p0 < linpac0-compile-fixes.diff
> patch -p0 < linpac0-compile-fixes2.diff
>
> #6 - Configure and build it
> ./configure --prefix=/usr
> make
>
> The compiler is still throwing warnings but it builds ok on Centos6.5 
> today.  I would appreciate any feedback on how to clean up the 
> warnings as I'd like to get a 100% clean build before I post this new 
> version on SF.net.
>
> #7 - Configure it up by reading the included manual.html documentation 
> and 
> http://www.trinityos.com/HAM/CentosDigitalModes/hampacketizing-centos.html#11a.linpacconfig
>
>
> PS.  I'm not on the Rpi list but if you would, please cross-post this 
> response over there as well.  I'd love to get more users on Linpac and 
> get some additional developers on board!
>
>
> --David
> KI6ZHD
>
>
>
>> Over on the RPi list questions are being asked about a packet 
>> terminal program for the RPi to satisfy a mild renewal of interest in 
>> connected mode packet. As a one-time user of Linpac I decided to try 
>> to compile it on the Pi but have run into problems with header files, 
>> with vector.h being the one that is stumping further progress. I 
>> haven't so far found a Debian package that provides vector.h. I've 
>> tried to compile both 0.16 and 0.17-pre with similar results.
>>
>> I found an email in my archives from David Ranch, dated 21-09-12 in 
>> which reference was made to someone running Linpac "with great 
>> results". David is listed as the maintainer.
>>
>> Is anyone here, and specifically David, able to shed any light on the 
>> problem?
>
>