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Re: Advice on downloading software please

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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


-- 
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is.  .... Yogi Berra

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Advice on downloading software please Steve Greig <greigsteve@gmail.com> - 2016-08-27 16:00 +0200
  Re: Advice on downloading software please limpia <limpia@openmailbox.org> - 2016-08-27 16:30 +0200
    Re: Advice on downloading software please Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-08-27 21:50 +0200
      Re: Advice on downloading software please rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-08-27 23:20 +0200
        Re: Advice on downloading software please Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-08-28 01:10 +0200
      Re: Advice on downloading software please Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-08-28 01:40 +0200
        Re: Advice on downloading software please Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-08-28 11:50 +0200
      Re: Advice on downloading software please Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-08-28 02:00 +0200
        Re: Advice on downloading software please rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-08-28 15:30 +0200
  Re: Advice on downloading software please Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2016-08-27 17:20 +0200

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