You can always find the newest version of the software at ftp://linux.in-berlin.de/pub/pilot/pi-address.tar.gz. This is always a symbolic link to the latest version (pi-address-0.x.y.tar.gz).
For people in the US maybe this mirror will be much faster: ftp://pv915.pv.reshsg.uci.edu/pub/pilot/.
The above mentioned mirror site usually is updated within hours after announcing a new release.
If you are willing to setup another mirror site for pi-address please contact the author.
Starting with V0.2.11 there is a ready to run Solaris (Sparc) binary statically linked against libpisock.a and libqt.a at ftp://linux.in-berlin.de/pub/pilot/binaries/solaris/.
Starting with V0.3.0 there is a ready to run Solaris (X86) binary statically linked against libpisock.a and libqt.a at ftp://linux.in-berlin.de/pub/pilot/binaries/solaris/.
Note: I cannot guarantee that there will always be a Solaris Sparc or X86 binary of the newest version! Usually the binaries can be found at the above mentioned location only after a short delay of several days.
From time to time users ask for precompiled binaries, so if you are willing to provide a precompiled binary for any platform this would be very appreciated. Please contact the author.
No, not yet. If you are willing to maintain a Debian package please contact the author. Any help will be appreciated.
Note: Beginning from V0.3.1 the author will provide an unofficial Debian package at ftp://linux.in-berlin.de/pub/pilot/packages/debian/. This package depends on the following packages:
Treat this package as experimental only and please report any problems in using this package to the author only and do not submit bug reports to the Debian bug tracking system!
Beginning with V0.3.0 Bodo Bauer maintains an RPM package, which should work with both Redhat and SuSE Linux distributions (tell me if I'm wrong!). You find the package at:
http://skaro.nightcrawler.com/~bb
and on the master ftp server at: ftp://linux.in-berlin.de/pub/pilot/packages/rpm/.
Note: I cannot guarantee that there will always be an RPM package of the newest version! Usually the RPM can be found at the above mentioned location only after a short delay of several days.
Beginning from V0.3.1 the author will provide an unofficial Solaris (Sparc) package at ftp://linux.in-berlin.de/pub/pilot/packages/solaris/.
Beginning from V0.3.1 Ulrich Klar maintains a Solaris (X86) package. You can find this package at ftp://linux.in-berlin.de/pub/pilot/package/solaris.
Follow the instructions in the README file. Make sure the include files and libraries of Qt and libpisock can be found.
pilot-link.0.8.9, 0.8.11, 0.8.13, 0.9.0 and 0.9.3 have been tested and are known to work.
gcc 2.7.2 and 2.8.1 have been tested on Linux and Solaris.
egcs-1.03 and egcs-1.1.1 have been tested on Linux and are known to work.
If you have linking errors on Solaris about undefined symbols like socket, gethostbyname, accept, bind, etc. uncomment the line LFLAGS_ADD in the Makefile and make again.
If you have linking errors on HP-UX uncomment the line LFLAGS += -lX11 -lXext in the Makefile and make again.
The authors plan is to use GNU autoconf for configuring the package. This would be the best solution for solving problems in finding header files and libraries. The only problem is the lack of spare time...
In general pi-address does not rely on a specific directory.
Just copy the binary to any directory which is appropriate for your system. There is a install target in the Makefile, check the variable $prefix in the Makefile, change if necessary and run make install. Depending on the directory where you want to install you may need root privileges.
The FAQ files can be accessed online by chosing Help / FAQ from the menubar.
There is an install-doc target in the Makefile, check the variable $doc_prefix in the Makefile, change if necessary and run make install-doc. This target is also run if a make install is done. Donīt forget to specify this new path in your configuration file for your HelpApplication. Depending on the directory where you want to install you may need root privileges.
Specifying an empty entry for HelpApplication disables the menu Help / FAQ.
Starting with V0.1.2 there is a configuration file for the program. On startup the program searches and reads the configuration file in the following places (and in that order):
The package provides an example configuration file with the program's default values. It's fairly well documented so the meanings of the key/value pairs should be obvious.