How To Install dump1090 on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install dump1090 in Fedora 36. dump1090 is Simple Mode S decoder specifically designed for RTLSDR devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dump1090 on Fedora 36.

What is dump1090

Dump 1090 is a Mode S decoder specifically designed for RTLSDR devices. Install this to use your RTL-SDR to track commercial aircraft in your area. The main features are * Robust decoding of weak messages, with mode1090 many users observed improved range compared to other popular decoders. * Network support * Embedded HTTP server that displays the currently detected aircraft on Google Map. * Single bit errors correction using the 24 bit CRC. * Ability to decode DF11, DF17 messages. * Ability to decode DF formats like DF0, DF4, DF5, DF16, DF20 and DF21 where the checksum is xored with the ICAO address by brute forcing the checksum field using recently seen ICAO addresses. * Decode raw IQ samples from file (using –ifile command line switch). * Interactive command-line interface mode where aircraft currently detected are shown as a list refreshing as more data arrives. * CPR coordinates decoding and track calculation from velocity. * TCP server streaming and receiving raw data to/from connected clients (using –net).

We can use yum or dnf to install dump1090 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dump1090.

Install dump1090 on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install dump1090 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dump1090

Install dump1090 on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install dump1090 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dump1090

How To Uninstall dump1090 on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the dump1090 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dump1090

dump1090 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/dump1090
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/3c4e0fd4dd742dda5c1be805c8ab30ab957d0b
/usr/share/doc/dump1090
/usr/share/doc/dump1090/README.md
/usr/share/doc/dump1090/TODO
/usr/share/dump1090
/usr/share/dump1090/gmap.html
/usr/share/dump1090/tools
/usr/share/dump1090/tools/debug.html
/usr/share/licenses/dump1090
/usr/share/licenses/dump1090/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/dump1090.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dump1090 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).