PI3 Ham Build

Raspbian Buster Installation

• Prior to boot

  • add wpa_supplicant.conf to /boot (from /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf)
  • touch ssh in /boot
  • setup user
    • create a file called userconf or userconf.txt in the boot partition of the SD card
    • This file should contain a single line of text, consisting of username:encrypted- password
    • To generate the encrypted password, the easiest way is to use OpenSSL on a Raspberry Pi that is already running – open a terminal window and enter
    • echo 'mypassword' | openssl passwd -6 -stdin

• After boot

  • increase swap file size (/etc/dphys-swapfile)

  • install PIXEL Desktop

    • https://raspberrytips.com/upgrade-raspbian-lite-to-desktop/
    • sudo apt install raspberrypi-ui-mods

  • install fldigi dependencies

    • sudo apt install libfltk1.3-dev libjpeg62-turbo-dev libxft-dev libxinerama-dev libxcursor-dev libsndfile1-dev libsamplerate0-dev portaudio19-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libpulse-dev texinfo libudev-dev

  • build fldigi-suite

    • http://www.kk5jy.net/fldigi-build/

  • Add Hamradio Menu option

    • sudo apt install extra-xdg-menus

  • install golang https://www.jeremymorgan.com/tutorials/raspberry-pi/install-go-raspberry-pi/

    • get source from https://go.dev/dl
    • extract to /usr/local: sudo tar -zxvf -C /usr/local ~/Downloads/go1.19.linux-armv6l.tar.gz
    • Update path in bashrc: export PATH=/usr/local/go/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH

  • install pat

  • install js8call

    • http://files.js8call.com/latest.html

      wget http://files.js8call.com/2.2.0/js8call_2.2.0_armhf.deb
      sudo dpkg -i js8call_2.2.0_armhf.deb 
      sudo apt install -f
      

    • install voacapl
      • https://github.com/jawatson/voacapl

      git clone https://github.com/jawatson/voacapl
      cd voacapl/
      sudo apt install automake gfortran
      aclocal
      automake --add-missing
      ./configure
      make
      sudo make install
      makeitshfbc
      

    • fonts
      • Copy the .ttf files from https://github.com/google/fonts/tree/master/ofl/sourcecodepro into ~/.fonts/ (or any sub directory, like ~/.fonts/source-code-pro/) and run fc-cache -f ~/.fonts

  • Make Bash Case-insensitive for the current user

  • see Raspbian Buster Installation

Xastir

Install from source

sudo apt install build-essential
sudo apt install git autoconf automake xorg-dev graphicsmagick gv libmotif-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev
sudo apt install gpsman gpsmanshp libpcre3-dev libproj-dev libdb5.3-dev python-dev libax25-dev libwebp-dev
sudo apt install shapelib libshp-dev festival festival-dev libgeotiff-dev libwebp-dev libgraphicsmagick1-dev
sudo apt install xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi
xset +fp /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi
git clone https://github.com/Xastir/Xastir
cd Xastir
./bootstrap.sh
mkdir build
cd build
../configure 
make clean
make
sudo make install

Create menu icon

• Create file at /usr/share/applications/xastir.desktop with the contents:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Xastir
Comment=X Amateur Station Tracking and Information Reporting
Exec=xastir
Icon=/usr/local/share/xastir/symbols/icon.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Network;HamRadio
Keywords=APRS;AX.25;HamRadi`