How To Install wsjtx on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wsjtx
on CentOS 8.
What is wsjtx
WSJT-X is a computer program designed to facilitate basic amateur radio communication using very weak signals. It implements communication protocols or “modes” called JT4, JT9, JT65, QRA64, ISCAT, MSK144, and WSPR, as well as one called Echo for detecting and measuring your own radio signals reflected from the Moon.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install wsjtx
on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wsjtx.
Install wsjtx on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install wsjtx
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install wsjtx
Install wsjtx on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install wsjtx
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install wsjtx
How To Uninstall wsjtx on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the wsjtx
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove wsjtx
wsjtx Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/fcal
/usr/bin/fmeasure
/usr/bin/fmtave
/usr/bin/ft8code
/usr/bin/jt4code
/usr/bin/jt65code
/usr/bin/jt9
/usr/bin/jt9code
/usr/bin/message_aggregator
/usr/bin/msk144code
/usr/bin/qra64code
/usr/bin/qra64sim
/usr/bin/udp_daemon
/usr/bin/wsjtx
/usr/bin/wsprd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/3698d0eb9df8437873ed139b97c550eba0ffad
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/5e558dce48dcacf1db078917bd24fc4d64ed6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/d792eef70c13a61a81d75aab2f19c4576a2f6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/6f530c4c3554e00518fa6d7f8a8b60ec7ebf76
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/a4ea6bac48fa814a19aa77095ecefeb78a29f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/f992e24224f78cc28311531dd4f671f578c581
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/b1f110cb841d7ab65a693ee7b1b222ebcb360c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/82ede4eeef02748d9a3a575a1e5018e8e89f61
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/33b84cb41bf063743f7dc8ea543356c21baea6
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/2e1e6f1d86288a75e1866f381672166853372e
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/771e29dcec9ad1db613e336d802501ea225fdc
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/0346e6c68a9628a86590ec384b2be7c8d692a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/21708edc582a3bd999ab482012da88aa897cbc
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/d7fd555be86f3f70a5c8ff0c286e133389695d
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/6eb3adc7555fb1f9e9bac8c3dc882df3000e9c
/usr/share/applications/message_aggregator.desktop
/usr/share/applications/wsjtx.desktop
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/GUIcontrols.txt
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/README
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/jt9.txt
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/mouse_commands.txt
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/prefixes.txt
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/shortcuts.txt
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/v1.7_Features.txt
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/wsjtx_changelog.txt
/usr/share/licenses/wsjtx
/usr/share/licenses/wsjtx/COPYING
/usr/share/pixmaps/wsjtx_icon.png
/usr/share/wsjtx
/usr/share/wsjtx/JPLEPH
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wsjtx
on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.