How To Install qle on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qle on Fedora 34.
What is qle
The qle-package is a graphic QSO log viewer, log editor and QSO logger for amateur radio operators. ‘qle’ stands for QSO Logger and Editor. It is a Perl/Tk script that logs (or modifies) QSOs directly in a fast and light-weight SQLite database. The term QSO comes from Q code used in commercial and amateur radio communication and in refers to a radio contact. Intended use caters for CW operators. Table headings, fonts, colours and other attributes are set in a user-editable configuration file. The SQLite log schema supplied may be altered to suit your taste, provided the configuration file is updated accordingly.
We can use yum or dnf to install qle on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qle.
Install qle 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 qle using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install qle
Install qle 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 qle using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install qle
How To Uninstall qle on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the qle package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove qle
qle Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/qle
/etc/qle/qle.conf
/usr/bin/qle
/usr/share/applications/qle.desktop
/usr/share/doc/qle
/usr/share/doc/qle/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/qle/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/qle/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/qle/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/qle/README
/usr/share/pixmaps/qle.png
/usr/share/qle
/usr/share/qle/adifimport.pl
/usr/share/qle/cabrilloimport.pl
/usr/share/qle/cty.dat
/usr/share/qle/dupeID.db
/usr/share/qle/exampleQSL.jpg
/usr/share/qle/foo3.db
/usr/share/qle/kiwi-blk-52x52.xbm
/usr/share/qle/master.scp
/usr/share/qle/qle.pl
/usr/share/qle/showcolor.pl
/usr/share/qle/showfonts.pl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qle on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.