How To Install fldigi on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fldigi on AlmaLinux 8.
What is fldigi
Fldigi is a modem program which supports most of the digital modes used by ham radio operators today. You can also use the program for calibrating your sound card to WWV or doing a frequency measurement test. The program also comes with a CW decoder. fldigi is written with the help of the Fast Light Toolkit X GUI. Fldigi is a fast moving project many added features with each update. Flarq (Fast Light Automatic Repeat Request) is a file transfer application that is based on the ARQ specification developed by Paul Schmidt, K9PS. It is capable of transmitting and receiving frames of ARQ data via fldigi.
We can use yum or dnf to install fldigi on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fldigi.
Install fldigi on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install fldigi using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fldigi
Install fldigi on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install fldigi using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fldigi
How To Uninstall fldigi on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the fldigi package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fldigi
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fldigi on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.