How To Install wsjtx on Fedora 34
wsjtx is Weak Signal communication by K1JT
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wsjtx on Fedora 34.
What is wsjtx
WSJT-X is a computer program designed to facilitate basic amateur radio communication using very weak signals. It implements communication protocols or “modes” called JT4, JT9, JT65, QRA64, ISCAT, MSK144, and WSPR, as well as one called Echo for detecting and measuring your own radio signals reflected from the Moon.
We can use yum or dnf to install wsjtx on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wsjtx.
Install wsjtx 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 wsjtx using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install wsjtx
Install wsjtx 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 wsjtx using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install wsjtx
How To Uninstall wsjtx on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the wsjtx package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove wsjtx
wsjtx Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/fcal
/usr/bin/fmeasure
/usr/bin/fmtave
/usr/bin/fst4sim
/usr/bin/ft8code
/usr/bin/jt4code
/usr/bin/jt65code
/usr/bin/jt9
/usr/bin/jt9code
/usr/bin/message_aggregator
/usr/bin/msk144code
/usr/bin/q65sim
/usr/bin/udp_daemon
/usr/bin/wsjtx
/usr/bin/wsjtx_app_version
/usr/bin/wsprd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/30741eab05345b973fd66697c085cf9fd4aa14
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/f30ab1bdd9c88d807feb49a906cb880419a097
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/15e0e2c380541b2b9861538dbcb460a6d216e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/f0dfe03a5552719d8e5ab6ecd51ad3741a76a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/8177e15dcab63a4cdc7c81f857b7e4abe836e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/ae57abbf0a177e249f56f43f2344fe4cf94506
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/f3998a036349226cac644b4e40c12c5373ee35
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/cd714782eae919b580c4f35a6805dd0c5a3d31
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/e761f2268695495e55a4ada60ea3e1ee114c47
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/d20ce85dc2bc463c59659726ac492cbc060073
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/4bc851bd213ca175863f277383a0fb6861e1d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/d8d5d770c7eb9412146a26e08b90529e20bab0
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/fd41a7f2fce81b1b96e8af488229c587906dbb
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/5f8e2c1978260c535f15f9ff8f85a643c56a7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/3bd024f2ee9a048bc792607a70b17f68b98e98
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/9e5184af7e62b4876a47c658418ca0eb1dd2da
/usr/share/applications/message_aggregator.desktop
/usr/share/applications/wsjtx.desktop
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/GUIcontrols.txt
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/README
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/copyright
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/example_log_configurations
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/example_log_configurations/README
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/example_log_configurations/wsjtx_log_config.ini.console
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/example_log_configurations/wsjtx_log_config.ini.debugger
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/example_log_configurations/wsjtx_log_config.ini.rig_control
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/example_log_configurations/wsjtx_log_config.ini.simple_verbose
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/jt9.txt
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/v1.7_Features.txt
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/wsjtx-main-2.4.0.html
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/wsjtx_changelog.txt
/usr/share/licenses/wsjtx
/usr/share/licenses/wsjtx/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/fcal.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fmeasure.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fmtave.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fst4sim.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ft8code.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/jt4code.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/jt65code.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/jt9.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/jt9code.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/message_aggregator.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/msk144code.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/qra64code.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/qra64sim.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rigctl-wsjtx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rigctlcom-wsjtx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rigctld-wsjtx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/udp_daemon.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wsjtx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wsprd.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/wsjtx.appdata.xml
/usr/share/pixmaps/wsjtx_icon.png
/usr/share/wsjtx
/usr/share/wsjtx/JPLEPH
/usr/share/wsjtx/cty.dat
/usr/share/wsjtx/cty.dat_copyright.txt
/usr/bin/fcal
/usr/bin/fmeasure
/usr/bin/fmtave
/usr/bin/fst4sim
/usr/bin/ft8code
/usr/bin/jt4code
/usr/bin/jt65code
/usr/bin/jt9
/usr/bin/jt9code
/usr/bin/message_aggregator
/usr/bin/msk144code
/usr/bin/qra64code
/usr/bin/qra64sim
/usr/bin/udp_daemon
/usr/bin/wsjtx
/usr/bin/wsjtx_app_version
/usr/bin/wsprd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/53bd99f382673c98c82ebc909e7c40951d2002
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/cdd2c4cfa9bee93261916b5a9e166d37de3868
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/955bc278262b0001870275602f53d90607561b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a/fda8da661974322e5fffb1af227c507024b390
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/9480aec409319e41c200c85d7a946aa8f8a9cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/7fff22d5b9b128bb3c63a85cb874b8e08cab85
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/8aca270c677c9538b0538ba6f7488f13e02468
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/860a4499099e974d964bae757309fbe78a0339
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/1e1bf54b80ba205fccd25824a04af3a7679981
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/11bc4d2a67f6c2a8f0235f4425e9b9bf2c0424
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/84e7693889c7a0f771d8a572e9c6d48904781a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/839a5a649634258ac2c444836b54567d8fa314
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/fb065fdadb3c0482029757468673118492d98e
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/300d0eab1da9e449958da5ba27489470f6395d
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/ca4ee61cb203cb1daea8d3e84422e235c7833f
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/50af397a1d1ec1fa09fabcca251470d67d724f
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/453c64068ba2db8af96020fc4f46fd991eba2b
/usr/share/applications/message_aggregator.desktop
/usr/share/applications/wsjtx.desktop
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/GUIcontrols.txt
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/README
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/copyright
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/example_log_configurations
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/example_log_configurations/README
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/example_log_configurations/wsjtx_log_config.ini.console
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/example_log_configurations/wsjtx_log_config.ini.debugger
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/example_log_configurations/wsjtx_log_config.ini.rig_control
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/example_log_configurations/wsjtx_log_config.ini.simple_verbose
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/jt9.txt
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/v1.7_Features.txt
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/wsjtx-main-2.3.1.html
/usr/share/doc/wsjtx/wsjtx_changelog.txt
/usr/share/licenses/wsjtx
/usr/share/licenses/wsjtx/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/fcal.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fmeasure.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fmtave.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fst4sim.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ft8code.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/jt4code.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/jt65code.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/jt9.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/jt9code.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/message_aggregator.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/msk144code.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/qra64code.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/qra64sim.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rigctl-wsjtx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rigctlcom-wsjtx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rigctld-wsjtx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/udp_daemon.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wsjtx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wsprd.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/wsjtx.appdata.xml
/usr/share/pixmaps/wsjtx_icon.png
/usr/share/wsjtx
/usr/share/wsjtx/JPLEPH
/usr/share/wsjtx/cty.dat
/usr/share/wsjtx/cty.dat_copyright.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wsjtx on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
