[Dxspider-support] Very basic install instructions for ubuntu

[Kin]

I think we should focus on the Mojo branch.

 

Regarding the issue of installations, it should be divided into groups based on the source distro, that is, Debian -> Ubuntu, KUbuntu, Xubuntu, Mint, ... RedHat -> Fedora, ...

But I think the main thing is to start with the big distros and their latest stable versions.

 

In the case of Docker, it can be more complicated if users do not have a minimum of knowledge, but it is very interesting and useful (I bet on this). It could lead to the distribution of a config or clip art, somewhat similar to git, since a container for dxspider is tiny (< 100 MB) and portable.

 

Regarding the updates, although it is very easy to do with "git", a backup/restore section would have to be added for the fear that the sysops have of losing their node. This would encourage (I hope) that the Network is kept up to date.

 

Kin

 

 

De: Dxspider-support <dxspider-support-bounces at tobit.co.uk> En nombre de Ian Maude via Dxspider-support
Enviado el: viernes, 27 de enero de 2023 10:41
Para: The DXSpider Support list <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>
CC: Ian Maude <ijmaude at icloud.com>
Asunto: Re: [Dxspider-support] Very basic install instructions for ubuntu

 

On 27 Jan 2023, at 09:25, ei6iz.Brendan Minish via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk> wrote:

 

 

On Fri, 27 Jan 2023 at 07:39, Ian Maude via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk <mailto:dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk> > wrote:

Does this mean that the dependencies for mojo are already installed in the latest Ubuntu

 

Hi Ian,

I went with ubuntu 22.04, the long term support version, so it's not quite the latest, but this version gets security updates until 2027 making it a good choice for a cluster
I was able to meet all the dependencies that came up with system packages. It's possible that I may have missed one or two, this is an early draft but I took my test install as far as setting up RBN and the new badip list feature. 

 

It’s probably worth mentioning the dependencies as per the MOJO install in case people do not have them.  Also, was curses installed by default?






I intend taking a look at a few other distros, perhaps centos stream9 & Raspberry PI OS as well as a Podman(same as Docker) install. 

 

Nice.  A docker install might be very interesting!






I haven't been on packet in nearly 20 years, are there still packet clusters out there and is there still a need for 'modern' documentation to cover bringing up an RF system and interconnecting with ax25 networks?

If so, is there anyone interested in helping, I've still got packet hardware in a box somewhere! 

 

You might get other answers but I don’t know of any.  I don’t have any of my old stuff any more.






Are there reasons, for new install documentation to cover anything other than the mojo version at the moment?

 

MOJO would appear to be the way to go.  I am not sure what Dirk has in store beyond that.

 

73 Ian

 

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