Instructions tested on OpenSUSE 11.1 Feb 2009
Xastir on OpenSuSE may be found at: http://www.xastir.org/wiki/index.php/HowTo:OpenSUSE_11.0
I chose Method 1 to install the software, selecting choice 2.
--> clicked on [Install Ham Libraries], and typed in my root password when prompted. Had to import some keys.
--> clicked on [Xastir SuSE Repository] and tunneled down to get the SuSE-11/i586/xastir-1.9.5-min.i586.rpm and saved to disk
--> Went into YAST, and searched for libgdal. Installed libgdal and the associated files.
--> Performed some commands inside of the terminal:
++++> su -
++++> (entered password)
++++> moved the executable from the download location to /install/xastir
++++> rpm -U xastir-1.9.5-min.i586.rpm
After the installation, I went and got the following files. Note that with SuSE 11.1, the directory is /usr/share/xastir instead of the /usr/local/share that we are used to seeing when building by hand.
mkdir /install/xastir
cd /install/xastir
wget http://www.wx9grb.org/xastir/downloads/usr-local-share-xastir-Counties.tar.gz
wget http://www.wx9grb.org/xastir/downloads/usr-local-share-xastir-maps.tar.gz
I then performed the following as root:
cd /usr/share/xastir/Counties
cp /install/xastir/usr-local-share-xastir-Counties.tar.gz .
tar -xvzf *.gz
rm *.gz
cd /usr/share/xastir/maps
cp /install/xastir/usr-local-share-xastir-maps.tar.gz .
tar -xvzf *.gz
rm *.gz
to make the maps available before starting Xastir. I had to change the link inside the maps directory by removing the untarr'd Counties file, and then performing a ln -s /usr/share/xastir/Counties Counties so that the path would resolve properly.
Finally I
cd /usr/share
chown -R <username> xastir
This will set the file permissions properly if you spell out the username that you are going to run the software with.
After this, I used the hints in the Legacy / Configure section to complete the installation. Note that if you do not want to set it up for VNC services, you can skip the first section, and begin with Connect and Configure.