How To Install js8call on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install js8call on Fedora 34.
What is js8call
JS8Call is software using the JS8 Digital Mode providing weak signal keyboard to keyboard messaging to Amateur Radio Operators. JS8Call is an experiment to test the feasibility of a digital mode with the robustness of FT8, combined with a messaging and network protocol layer for weak signal communication on HF, using a keyboard messaging style interface. It is not designed for any specific purpose other than connecting amateur radio operators who are operating under weak signal conditions. JS8Call is heavily inspired by WSJT-X, Fldigi, and FSQCall and would not exist without the hard work and dedication of the many developers in the amateur radio community.
We can use yum or dnf to install js8call on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install js8call.
Install js8call on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install js8call using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install js8call
Install js8call on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install js8call using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install js8call
How To Uninstall js8call on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the js8call package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove js8call
js8call Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/js8
/usr/bin/js8call
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/73
/usr/lib/.build-id/73/913b209cf8a5d630b9c890a890a0cf30f4ddbb
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/2c1fe983999ce222563fc895c368e9b3ed9a42
/usr/share/applications/js8call.desktop
/usr/share/doc/JS8Call
/usr/share/doc/JS8Call/README
/usr/share/js8call
/usr/share/js8call/JPLEPH
/usr/share/licenses/js8call
/usr/share/licenses/js8call/COPYING
/usr/share/pixmaps/js8call_icon.png
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install js8call on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
