Install the serial port debugging tool xgcom in linux

Minicom is easy to use, but sometimes it is not intuitive enough. we recommend that new users, especially those who are used to windows Super terminals, use xgcom. The installation method is as follows: my mini-com is very easy to use, but sometimes it is not intuitive enough. we recommend that new users, especially those who are used to windows Super terminals, use xgcom.

The installation method is as follows:

My system is Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

1. download xgcom source code from http://code.google.com/p/xgcom. The latest version is xgcom-0.04.2.tgz.

Unzip to tar xvzf xgcom-0.04.2.tgz/usr/local/src under/usr/local/src

2. install make, automake, libglib2.0-dev, libvte-dev, and libgtk2.0-dev libraries before compiling xgcom. Some systems may already have their own.

Sudo apt-get install automake

Sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev

Sudo apt-get install libvte-dev

Sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev

3. get ready and start compiling xgcom

Go to the decompressed Source Code Directory, cd/usr/local/src/xgcom-0.04.2-src

Configure and compile with reference to README

./Autogen. sh
Make
Sudo make install

Then xgcom runs

You can check which xgcom and install it under/usr/local/bin.