How To Install aprsd on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install aprsd on Fedora 34.
What is aprsd
APRSd is an APRS server program that uses amateur radio and internet services to convey GPS mapping, weather, and positional data. It has been developed by and for amateur radio enthusiasts to provide real-time data in an easy to use package.
We can use yum or dnf to install aprsd on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install aprsd.
Install aprsd 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 aprsd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install aprsd
Install aprsd 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 aprsd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install aprsd
How To Uninstall aprsd on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the aprsd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove aprsd
aprsd Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/aprsd
/etc/aprsd/INIT.TNC
/etc/aprsd/RESTORE.TNC
/etc/aprsd/aprsd.conf
/etc/aprsd/user.deny
/etc/aprsd/welcome.txt
/etc/logrotate.d/aprsd
/usr/bin/aprsd
/usr/bin/aprspass
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/4852d0023b2737b2f9f7df623273c94d99c040
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/ececd9cb708e8b28a79bcca800b6ddbb24c32d
/usr/lib/systemd/system/aprsd.service
/usr/share/doc/aprsd
/usr/share/doc/aprsd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/aprsd/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/aprsd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/aprsd/README
/usr/share/doc/aprsd/aprsddoc.html
/usr/share/doc/aprsd/ports.html
/usr/share/doc/aprsd/q.html
/usr/share/doc/aprsd/qalgorithm.html
/var/log/aprsd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install aprsd on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.