How To Install hamlib on Fedora 34

hamlib is Run-time library to control radio transceivers and receivers Run-time library to control radio transceivers and receivers

Introduction

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

What is hamlib

Hamlib provides a standardized programming interface that applications can use to send the appropriate commands to a radio. Also included in the package is a simple radio control program ‘rigctl’, which lets one control a radio transceiver or receiver, either from command line interface or in a text-oriented interactive interface. hamlib 4.1 1.fc34 x86_64 971 k hamlib-4.1-1.fc34.src.rpm fedora Run-time library to control radio transceivers and receivers http GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ Hamlib provides a standardized programming interface that applications can use to send the appropriate commands to a radio. Also included in the package is a simple radio control program ‘rigctl’, which lets one control a radio transceiver or receiver, either from command line interface or in a text-oriented interactive interface.

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

Install hamlib 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 hamlib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install hamlib

Install hamlib 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 hamlib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install hamlib

How To Uninstall hamlib on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove hamlib

hamlib Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/ampctl
/usr/bin/ampctld
/usr/bin/rigctl
/usr/bin/rigctlcom
/usr/bin/rigctld
/usr/bin/rigmem
/usr/bin/rigsmtr
/usr/bin/rigswr
/usr/bin/rotctl
/usr/bin/rotctld
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/3cf6bcedcbb137f00b7175b925402b0c1a3e70
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/82b7c762728e307ecc68c57c47c76d1b1b3186
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/7988387f2de5d706b7b42be34c1b947737ad82
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/ac9f6beb41d936e47241def2a7cbfdb4c34fc2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/99d1e6206aa0fbe5954cc429e4e2abdad26004
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/5a99bdd48c18b73cb95d2ee11dd1296cc87b6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/529893c5f345d5b5e99f80c8f6df8fa2d92d37
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/42785e6f3bee52afbc6cf466dc494b90c5a1de
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/1a5ad109d674e8065791577779eb87bd74984f
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/b0516244f755da496141917f5ba9473923d9b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/ffa4ceab3669b6ef355fddeabef9071c04819e
/usr/lib64/libhamlib.so.4
/usr/lib64/libhamlib.so.4.0.1
/usr/share/doc/hamlib
/usr/share/doc/hamlib/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/hamlib/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/hamlib/PLAN
/usr/share/doc/hamlib/README
/usr/share/doc/hamlib/THANKS
/usr/share/licenses/hamlib
/usr/share/licenses/hamlib/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/ampctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ampctld.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rigctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rigctlcom.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rigctld.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rigmem.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rigsmtr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rigswr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rotctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rotctld.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/hamlib-primer.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/hamlib-utilities.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/hamlib.7.gz
/usr/bin/ampctl
/usr/bin/ampctld
/usr/bin/rigctl
/usr/bin/rigctlcom
/usr/bin/rigctld
/usr/bin/rigmem
/usr/bin/rigsmtr
/usr/bin/rigswr
/usr/bin/rotctl
/usr/bin/rotctld
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/f593c90036c3840f88c0a10a1be6802a90ed65
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/fc0877c30547c43c765623f21e7eb1955dd5e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/fb919b3868e5605ba69f1a206f75941a3e9ec3
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/06b7aa9460dcdc18133b84ab6a0c386434af31
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/1ef18427fe09f69fa6ec89752f78c97961a06d
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/50f73d34290466db2ae249d46df08086b42640
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/cc1715f08b11f4957ae7186dc6559120d53f38
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/939821a168ece38107a58303a09629f7304c74
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/4bc857685feb5a30de39bf951ce4ded10ff78a
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/64d53d6ca5ac771e58cdd8875b8111f255c250
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/e0f69a9063d00329219aa6e92c7c25d7511629
/usr/lib/libhamlib.so.4
/usr/lib/libhamlib.so.4.0.1
/usr/share/doc/hamlib
/usr/share/doc/hamlib/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/hamlib/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/hamlib/PLAN
/usr/share/doc/hamlib/README
/usr/share/doc/hamlib/THANKS
/usr/share/licenses/hamlib
/usr/share/licenses/hamlib/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/ampctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ampctld.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rigctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rigctlcom.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rigctld.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rigmem.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rigsmtr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rigswr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rotctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rotctld.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/hamlib-primer.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/hamlib-utilities.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/hamlib.7.gz

References

Summary

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