How To Install flcluster on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flcluster on Fedora 34.
What is flcluster
flcluster can connect to and display data from DX cluster servers. The three most common server types are A←-R-Cluster, CC-Cluster, and DX Spider. The program is designed to work stand alone or as a helper application to fldigi. It can move call, mode, and frequency data from a spotted QSO to the appropriate fldigi controls. It can query fldigi for the same items when generating a spot report.
We can use yum or dnf to install flcluster on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install flcluster.
Install flcluster 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 flcluster using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install flcluster
Install flcluster 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 flcluster using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install flcluster
How To Uninstall flcluster on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the flcluster package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove flcluster
flcluster Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/flcluster
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/82a63ac7d5ebcb9dde52f59c39fbe7765d36e8
/usr/share/applications/flcluster.desktop
/usr/share/doc/flcluster
/usr/share/doc/flcluster/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/flcluster/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/flcluster/README
/usr/share/licenses/flcluster
/usr/share/licenses/flcluster/COPYING
/usr/share/metainfo/flcluster.appdata.xml
/usr/share/pixmaps/flcluster.xpm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flcluster on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.