TNC-Pi User Guide
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6/25/2017
Application Notes
Using Xastir
Thanks to M0HPJ for the following information
Another popular packet program that works well on the Pi is the APRS program
Xastir.
Note: For the following steps the Raspberry Pi must be connected to the
internet.
Update the package list
To install Xastir from the command line, first update the package list as follows:
sudo apt-get update
Then install Xastir
sudo apt-get install xastir
Kill
kissattach
If you have been using the AX25 apps, you’ll need to unload
kissattach
before
Xastir will work. You can do this by simply rebooting the Pi, or you can kill the
kissattach
process from the command line. To do the latter, first find out what
process number it is by using a
ps
command to list running processes:
ps
–
A|grep kissattach
Inspect the list to see the process number of the
kissattach
process, then kill the
process using the
kill
command. For example, if the process number is 2335, issue
the command:
sudo kill 2335
At this point it may be a good idea to rerun the
ps
command to be certain that the
kissattach
process was successfully killed.
