How To Install jaero on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install jaero on Fedora 34.
What is jaero
JAERO is a program that demodulates and decodes Classic Aero ACARS (Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System) messages sent from satellites to aeroplanes (SatCom ACARS), commonly used when planes are beyond VHF range. Demodulation is performed using the soundcard. Such signals are typically around 1.5Ghz and can be received with a low-gain antenna that can be home-brewed in conjunction with an RTL-SDR dongle.
We can use yum or dnf to install jaero on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jaero.
Install jaero 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 jaero using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install jaero
Install jaero 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 jaero using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install jaero
How To Uninstall jaero on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the jaero package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove jaero
jaero Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/jaero
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/4a511b5c31dad99645a9d8701fb833e300281a
/usr/share/applications/jaero.desktop
/usr/share/doc/jaero
/usr/share/doc/jaero/README.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/jaero.svg
/usr/share/licenses/jaero
/usr/share/licenses/jaero/LICENSE
/usr/share/metainfo/jaero.appdata.xml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install jaero on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
