How To Install splat on Fedora 34

splat is Analyze point-to-point terrestrial RF communication links

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install splat on Fedora 34.

What is splat

SPLAT! is a Surface Path Length And Terrain analysis application written for Linux and Unix workstations. SPLAT! analyzes point-to-point terrestrial RF communication links, and provides information useful to communication system designers and site engineers.

We can use yum or dnf to install splat on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install splat.

Install splat 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 splat using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install splat

Install splat 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 splat using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install splat

How To Uninstall splat on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the splat package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove splat

splat Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/bearing
/usr/bin/citydecoder
/usr/bin/postdownload
/usr/bin/splat
/usr/bin/splat-hd
/usr/bin/srtm2sdf
/usr/bin/usgs2sdf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/ea9216e263a9590cc9859e59f6e8518d4673e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/9ea492ef65b643b44b70e7f7b3b6461cb69e4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/c8acf7ab5a9c0a4c6228de8e4c56196c9190fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/ba282ae94b7364d8f4babcecea34a31831f7f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/ef8d4af263a0d246e8ca4e2bb0bce5285a0d11
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/f019bde53e1e0fb1602d4bd20fa286c7931e4f
/usr/share/doc/splat
/usr/share/doc/splat/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/splat/README
/usr/share/doc/splat/README-utils
/usr/share/doc/splat/fips.txt
/usr/share/doc/splat/sample_data
/usr/share/doc/splat/sample_data/sample.lrp
/usr/share/doc/splat/sample_data/wnju-dt.az
/usr/share/doc/splat/sample_data/wnju-dt.el
/usr/share/doc/splat/sample_data/wnju-dt.lrp
/usr/share/doc/splat/sample_data/wnju-dt.qth
/usr/share/doc/splat/sample_data/wnju-dt.scf
/usr/share/licenses/splat
/usr/share/licenses/splat/COPYING
/usr/share/man/es/man1/splat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bearing.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/citydecoder.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/postdownload.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/splat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/srtm2sdf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/usgs2sdf.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install splat on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.