How To Install lpsk31 on Fedora 34

lpsk31 is A ncurses application for ham radio communications using PSK31 digital mode

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lpsk31 on Fedora 34.

What is lpsk31

lpsk31 is a ncurses console application for ham radio communications in the popular PSK31 digital mode. lpsk31 uses only integer arithmetic for both signal detection and audio tone synthesis, so that it needs no floating point calculations for its operation. lpsk31 can keep a log of QSO’s in text and ADIF format as well as a raw log of all that is typed in the transmit window or displayed in the receive window.

We can use yum or dnf to install lpsk31 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lpsk31.

Install lpsk31 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 lpsk31 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lpsk31

Install lpsk31 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 lpsk31 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lpsk31

How To Uninstall lpsk31 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the lpsk31 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lpsk31

lpsk31 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/lpsk31
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6/ab71535eb1f06d40b66dcbf593b0b2baacd1f6
/usr/libexec/lpsk31
/usr/share/doc/lpsk31
/usr/share/doc/lpsk31/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/lpsk31/README
/usr/share/doc/lpsk31/lpsk31.html
/usr/share/doc/lpsk31/p31g3plx.pdf
/usr/share/licenses/lpsk31
/usr/share/licenses/lpsk31/COPYING
/usr/share/lpsk31
/usr/share/lpsk31/lpsk31rc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lpsk31 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.