Well, I'm not much of an expert on Linux/Ubuntu and hoping for some help here; ARRL hasn't been much help yet. I got TQSL out of the Ubuntu Software Center; it downloaded and installed just fine. I was under the impression that, having installed it that way, updates would be installed as they became available but apparently that is not the case. I've gone to the site and downloaded the appropriate tar.gz file and unpacked it but I don't know what to do with it now. I've tried the make command and such as specified on other sites but they don't seem able to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
73 John KI4RO
The INSTALL file contains instructions on how to build. You'll need to apt-get all the libraries TQSL requires (libssl-dev, libexpat1-dev, zlib1g-dev, libdb-dev, libwxgtk2.8-dev, and libcurl4-openssl-dev) then run 'cmake .' and 'make' as noted in the instructions.
Hope this helps.
Dan W2GRK
On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 12:20 PM, John KI4RO johnki4ro@gmail.com wrote:
Well, I'm not much of an expert on Linux/Ubuntu and hoping for some help here; ARRL hasn't been much help yet. I got TQSL out of the Ubuntu Software Center; it downloaded and installed just fine. I was under the impression that, having installed it that way, updates would be installed as they became available but apparently that is not the case. I've gone to the site and downloaded the appropriate tar.gz file and unpacked it but I don't know what to do with it now. I've tried the make command and such as specified on other sites but they don't seem able to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Hi Daniel, Thanks for the quick response. That's where the confusion sets in. I don't understand why I have to do all that "stuff" if TQSL is already running on my system. Shouldn't there be an easier way?
73 John
73 John KI4RO
On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 1:15 PM, Daniel J. Grinkevich < danielgrinkevich@gmail.com> wrote:
The INSTALL file contains instructions on how to build. You'll need to apt-get all the libraries TQSL requires (libssl-dev, libexpat1-dev, zlib1g-dev, libdb-dev, libwxgtk2.8-dev, and libcurl4-openssl-dev) then run 'cmake .' and 'make' as noted in the instructions.
Hope this helps.
Dan W2GRK
On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 12:20 PM, John KI4RO johnki4ro@gmail.com wrote:
Well, I'm not much of an expert on Linux/Ubuntu and hoping for some help here; ARRL hasn't been much help yet. I got TQSL out of the Ubuntu Software Center; it downloaded and installed just fine. I was under the impression that, having installed it that way, updates would be installed as they became available but apparently that is not the case. I've gone to the site and downloaded the appropriate tar.gz file and unpacked it but I don't know what to do with it now. I've tried the make command and such as specified on other sites but they don't seem able to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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On 1/25/16, Daniel J. Grinkevich danielgrinkevich@gmail.com wrote:
The INSTALL file contains instructions on how to build. You'll need to apt-get all the libraries TQSL requires (libssl-dev, libexpat1-dev, zlib1g-dev, libdb-dev, libwxgtk2.8-dev, and libcurl4-openssl-dev) then run 'cmake .' and 'make' as noted in the instructions.
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Come to think of it, you might be right. I assumed that everything that was needed for installing TQSL was already in place.
The last time I installed Gpredict by hand, the computer said rude things about me not having certain libraries and other extra stuff. Once I installed those, I could proceed with setting up Gpredict.
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
On 1/25/16, John KI4RO johnki4ro@gmail.com wrote:
Well, I'm not much of an expert on Linux/Ubuntu and hoping for some help here; ARRL hasn't been much help yet. I got TQSL out of the Ubuntu Software Center; it downloaded and installed just fine. I was under the impression that, having installed it that way, updates would be installed as they became available but apparently that is not the case. I've gone to the site and downloaded the appropriate tar.gz file and unpacked it but I don't know what to do with it now. I've tried the make command and such as specified on other sites but they don't seem able to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
It's been years since I used Ubuntu, so I might be talking about something that no longer applies.
If I recall correctly, USC should download and install software automatically. I don't know if one has the option of downloading only the files and then installing it by hand. Perhaps you can check this. I use openSUSE and its software manager does all that for me after I click on the right box and tell it to go ahead. I was under the impression that Ubuntu did the same thing.
OK, assuming that what I just suggested isn't applicable, installing software is often easier than it first appears.
First, after you've unpacked the files, check for one that's labelled "README" or something like that. Often, these packages include them and they usually have instructions on how to install the program. If it exists, open it and follow the instructions.
Failing that, look in the TQSL directory for files that are labelled "make" or something similar. (There should also be some "install" files there as well.) Those should have the scripts by which the machine does the installation. If they're there, then, if I remember correctly, get into the directory where they are and then try the following:
make config (that might be required to set options on what needs to be installed) make install clean (this is the main one which starts the process)
Once that begins, let the machine continue, though you might have to respond to some queries about what to do next.
Assuming that everything goes well and the installation is complete, look for an icon in a menu or on the desktop which points to TQSL. Click on that and the program should launch. If there isn't an icon, then open a terminal window and type in "tqsl" or a variation on that. That should start the software. (If this is actually the case, try to create a launcher specifically for TQSL.)
Let me know what happens.
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
Use the kamal's PPA.
It's a kind of super updated unofficial repository ready to use, see here:
https://ppa.launchpad.net/kamalmostafa/trustedqsl
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El 25/01/16 a las 12:20, John KI4RO escribió:
Well, I'm not much of an expert on Linux/Ubuntu and hoping for some help here; ARRL hasn't been much help yet. I got TQSL out of the Ubuntu Software Center; it downloaded and installed just fine. I was under the impression that, having installed it that way, updates would be installed as they became available but apparently that is not the case. I've gone to the site and downloaded the appropriate tar.gz file and unpacked it but I don't know what to do with it now. I've tried the make command and such as specified on other sites but they don't seem able to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Quoting Pavel Milanes (CO7WT) who wrote on Mon 2016-01-25 at 23:25:
Use the kamal's PPA.
It's a kind of super updated unofficial repository ready to use, see here:
.. which has no newer versions than trustedqsl 2.0.3
I'll mail the maintainer, maybe he can start updating the ubuntu trustedqsl package again.
Koos van den Hout
For anyone new to Linux who's confused:
When ARRL releases a new version of TQSL, they only supply the source code as far as Linux goes. They do not maintain the respective packages for each distribution, like they do for windows.
The package maintainer for a particular distribution will have to compile the source for each architecture and version before it will install "automatically" through a package manager.
So, a lot of times there will be a delay between when you see the ARRL announce that a new version is released, and when you will see it show up in your Linux package manager as an update ready to be pushed out and installed.
This delay is the time between a source release and the maintainer building the package for your particular distro, version, and architecture.
If you don't want to wait you can always compile and install yourself, not hard to do at all once you get used to it!
73 James K4JK
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 8:05 AM, Koos van den Hout koos@kzdoos.xs4all.nl wrote:
Quoting Pavel Milanes (CO7WT) who wrote on Mon 2016-01-25 at 23:25:
Use the kamal's PPA.
It's a kind of super updated unofficial repository ready to use, see
here:
.. which has no newer versions than trustedqsl 2.0.3
I'll mail the maintainer, maybe he can start updating the ubuntu trustedqsl package again.
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Quoting Koos van den Hout who wrote on Tue 2016-01-26 at 14:05:
Quoting Pavel Milanes (CO7WT) who wrote on Mon 2016-01-25 at 23:25:
Use the kamal's PPA. It's a kind of super updated unofficial repository ready to use, see here:
.. which has no newer versions than trustedqsl 2.0.3
I'll mail the maintainer, maybe he can start updating the ubuntu trustedqsl package again.
And he updated trustedqsl in the above ppa and in the ubuntuhams repository to 2.2, so the NPOTA selections should work. According to https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-help/stnloc/#Define selecting the US DXCC and a US state will allow a park location to be selected.
Koos van den Hout PD4KH
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