How To Install js8call on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install js8call
on CentOS 7.
What is js8call
JS8Call is software using the JS8 Digital Mode providing weak signal keyboard to keyboard messaging to Amateur Radio Operators. JS8Call is an experiment to test the feasibility of a digital mode with the robustness of FT8, combined with a messaging and network protocol layer for weak signal communication on HF, using a keyboard messaging style interface. It is not designed for any specific purpose other than connecting amateur radio operators who are operating under weak signal conditions. JS8Call is heavily inspired by WSJT-X, Fldigi, and FSQCall and would not exist without the hard work and dedication of the many developers in the amateur radio community.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install js8call
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install js8call.
Install js8call on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install js8call
using yum
by running the following command:
Install js8call on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install js8call
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall js8call on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the js8call
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install js8call
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.